Which led me to do a little research, and now I could kick myself! Those eggs were parasitic wasp eggs, and we squashed them along w/ the hornworms! Rookie mistake and lesson learned.
Those things are *ugly* though! Hoping I don't find any more.
Close encounter w/ the tobacco hornworm kind
Found my first three yesterday. Plucked them and didn't think too much about it. Was pruning branches today, and was called into the house by one of the kids. Turns out I had one on my shirt, which squicked me right out. Had to call the husband to remove it, LOL! This one was different though - wasn't covered in eggs like the other three were...
Which led me to do a little research, and now I could kick myself! Those eggs were parasitic wasp eggs, and we squashed them along w/ the hornworms! Rookie mistake and lesson learned.
Those things are *ugly* though! Hoping I don't find any more.
Which led me to do a little research, and now I could kick myself! Those eggs were parasitic wasp eggs, and we squashed them along w/ the hornworms! Rookie mistake and lesson learned.
Those things are *ugly* though! Hoping I don't find any more.
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