- Tinybu88les8
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We found a huge horn worm!
eewwwww....I didnt think my garden had those....but I was wrong. Follow the poop trail and look under the leaves! Disgusting lil suckers they are. Ew!
- gixxerific
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Probably a tobacco hornworm with slanted lines on it like the one in my avatar. They are some bad mama jamma's. Keep an eye out for more. I have only seen the one so far.
But slugs all over the place here. Found 2 in my neighbors garage this morning one was salted the other throw in the driveway for bird food.
But slugs all over the place here. Found 2 in my neighbors garage this morning one was salted the other throw in the driveway for bird food.
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They are ravenous The jalepno in the following picture was good one day but the next....
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.....not so good.
There wasn't a single leaf left and that pepper he's munching on was the last one standing, or should I say hanging.
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.....not so good.
There wasn't a single leaf left and that pepper he's munching on was the last one standing, or should I say hanging.
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Can't you even pick them off wearing gloves? Kitchen gloves? They do hang on pretty tightly if you try to pulle them off, but, most caterpillars, if you poke at them, will curl into a ball and drop off the plant. Be ready with a cup/bucket/container and poke at it with any gardening implement you have handy or a stick. That should work.
Jona, the "horn" in this case, is the tail-end that sticks out. I guess it IS true that a lot of garden pest caterpillars are called "worms" -- corn earworm and cabbage worm are other examples. Then again, "wormy" apples actually have apple maggot fly maggots, plum curculio grubs, or coddling moth or other caterpillars in them, right?
Jona, the "horn" in this case, is the tail-end that sticks out. I guess it IS true that a lot of garden pest caterpillars are called "worms" -- corn earworm and cabbage worm are other examples. Then again, "wormy" apples actually have apple maggot fly maggots, plum curculio grubs, or coddling moth or other caterpillars in them, right?
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Applestar brought up a good point. Another method that may work is if it might be on a stem that could be taken off do that. the plant at this point is more than likely in peril. So ripping off one more stem can't hurt too much can it.Tinybu88les8 wrote:whats the best way to get them off the plant? I cant touch them...freaks me out!
Or possibly a flame thrower.
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Use tongs! When I saw my first one, I was so freaked out that I used tongs to throw it under a bush. Then I couldn't squish it so I sprayed it with spray starch (like for ironing with). It died almost instantly. Blech!Tinybu88les8 wrote:whats the best way to get them off the plant? I cant touch them...freaks me out!
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I hope it was organic spray starch!petalfuzz wrote:Use tongs! When I saw my first one, I was so freaked out that I used tongs to throw it under a bush. Then I couldn't squish it so I sprayed it with spray starch (like for ironing with). It died almost instantly. Blech!Tinybu88les8 wrote:whats the best way to get them off the plant? I cant touch them...freaks me out!
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