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Sunday, July 4, 2010
Garden Pests...eww
Yesterday while out doing yardwork, my husband noticed these guys (yes, two of them) on one of my tomato plants. I had to look up on the internet to learn that they are "cartoonish, hornworms...that will eventually turn into moths....the size of hummingbirds." They eat so much...that in one day they can devour an entire tomato plant...leaves, and fruit! Well, these buggers got the leaves and fruit on one of my six plants...hopefully, I don't find anymore. JMS and I plucked them off and drowned them in a cup of soapy water. JMS asked if we could cut them open and look at their insides....I told him no, but thought..."what a boy!" So, I know the pictures make them look big...but seriously they were as big as my middle finger...each of them was this large!
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that is so incredibly gross. I have little ones. So gross.
I just pulled 10 of these off my tomato plants. I probably would have left them if you hadn't told me how much they eat, so my tomato plants thank you. and my children thank you for no less than 20 minutes of fun watching Mommy make 'that is SO gross' faces while getting them off and looking for more. They camoflague really well, I had to look for their poo to find them :) We had a fun 'callipillar' hunt. Hope I didn't miss any. We brought 5 inside to watch them eat... Joshua wanted to bring all 10 in. I envisioned my house overrun by catipillars when I want up in the morning. EWWWWW!!!!!
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