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Worms
Okay so these are the nasty things I'm finding on my stuff. They range in size from the itty bitty one to the big fat one. What are they?
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@Gary, I believe you just described grubs. And yep, they make a great bird snack! I hate those things, I'll find them when hoeing.Gary350 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 11:15 amI don't recognize those worms. I have very large white color worms in my garden soil the size of my little finger they only have 8 legs on one end of their body. I have no clue what they are. I found 6 worms & put them in the bird feeder when I looked 15 minutes later they are all gone.
They do look like army worms. The army worms I know eat mostly grass roots, but they will also infest tomatoes and peppers. I don't have a lot of caterpillar problems with mynahs, cattle egrets, and anoles in the garden patrol.
https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef321
https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef321
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@Imafan, thank-you so much, those are exactly what they are then: Yellow-striped Armyworm! Nasty, nasty things! I am doing my best to just hand pick. According to the website link you gave me, they are best sprayed young, as the elder worms are more tolerant to insecticides. One of the pieces of disgust had taken a couple of bites out of my Big Bertha.imafan26 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 12:05 pmThey do look like army worms. The army worms I know eat mostly grass roots, but they will also infest tomatoes and peppers. I don't have a lot of caterpillar problems with mynahs, cattle egrets, and anoles in the garden patrol.
https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef321