To: TEXOKIE; Marcella; All
I spent the weekend neutralizing tomato hornworms. Only got six on Saturday, and found none at all on Sunday. We planted Romas, and I lost count of all the immature tomatoes they ruined. I usually don't care to kill things, but this was a notable exception. Kudos to Mr. Sg--he was the first to spot one.
It's raining here! Yayyyy!
218 posted on
07/22/2013 7:16:11 AM PDT by
Silentgypsy
(You don't like the way I drive? Stay off the sidewalk.)
To: Silentgypsy
If you find a hornworm with what looks like a white fungus on it's back, leave it alone. That "fungus" is actually the eggs of a wasp that preys on hornworms. Let some of those wasps get established in your garden, and you may never have to hunt a hornworm again!
Looks like this:
![](http://user.pa.net/%7Enhawlman/Grapevine/TomatoWormEggsRxBC-245.jpg)
238 posted on
07/22/2013 9:30:18 AM PDT by
Ellendra
("Laws were most numerous when the Commonwealth was most corrupt." -Tacitus)
To: Silentgypsy; Ellendra; Marcella; All
Oh wow, SG, I am such a newby, I have not encountered those yet! I’m glad to see that about the wasp, Ellendra.
What I have encountered in past few days is the monarch caterpillars on my parsley. I have decided to sacrifice it to them. They are so pretty, and I haven’t been using the parsley at all anyway. I’ve just been enjoying how pretty it looks!
278 posted on
07/24/2013 2:43:22 PM PDT by
TEXOKIE
(We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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