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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Fifteen years ago, I posted about hummingbirds:

Hummingbird Imposters (Mystery Solved)

Hummingbird Moths

26 posted on 10/05/2017 6:53:48 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Glad you’ve got a good population of Monarchs. Don’t hate me, but I killed a good DOZEN of the Tomato Hornworms this season - they turn into the Hummingbird Moths later in their life cycle. There is no, ‘Hornworm Re-Location Program’ in Wisconsin, LOL!

I’m sorry, it was them or my beloved tomatoes, and the tomatoes won!

One of the Hornworms was 6” long, and fat as a Cuban cigar. YUCK! We only get them once in very wet Spring seasons up here - and we had an exceptionally wet Spring this time around.


31 posted on 10/06/2017 6:00:01 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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