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Post by daylilydude on Dec 23, 2010 5:09:16 GMT -5
To kill or not to kill? They do become a beautiful butterfly if left to live, but... they make good chicken treats !
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rintintin
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Post by rintintin on Dec 23, 2010 21:07:24 GMT -5
If you till your garden in the fall, you will destroy many of their cocoons. Since you live south of the Mason-Dixon line, you get to have 2 generations of hornworms each summer, whereas the Yanks only get one...lucky you! See, the M-D Line does more than just separate cold bread from hot biscuits.
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Post by coppice on Dec 23, 2010 22:32:14 GMT -5
If your tomato hornworm has the (little white) egg cases draped on its back from the parasitic wasp (I can't think of the wasps name right now), its already screwed. It should be just about done eating. I'd leave those to be the host for the wasp. Feed active hornworm to the chickens.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2011 7:58:09 GMT -5
tarachnid wasp. Is that what you're thinking of?
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Post by coppice on Jan 12, 2011 13:27:08 GMT -5
tarachnid wasp. Is that what you're thinking of? If its not, its close enough.
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Barton
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Post by Barton on Jan 20, 2011 10:25:24 GMT -5
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Post by daylilydude on Jan 20, 2011 10:48:11 GMT -5
Great pics, Barton!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2011 11:27:17 GMT -5
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Post by coppice on Jan 20, 2011 14:44:37 GMT -5
Yup! Nice photo. That-those horn-worm are toast!
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