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debnes_dfw_tx wrote: Not me mel, If a hornworm is brave enough to eat my datura or brug it would surely get a chance to fy. (I do love Sphinx Moths.) Armyworms on the other hand would not get half a chance. Hummingbird Clearwing is a hornworm: larvae: http://bugguide.net/node/view/30248 adult: http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=clearwing&search... Tersa Sphinx is a hornworm: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/1429/ I have raised them, They are awesome! Tobacco Hormworms are great: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/showimage/5017/ Tomato Hornworms make beautiful moths too: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/210/ http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=tomato hornworm&... Potato Hornworms are amazing too (I've raised them too: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/4685/: Here is a page of Sphinx Moths which were Hornworms as babies: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/adv_search.php?searcher[com... When you find them just cage them and dole out food so they don't devour your special plants. The only cats that don't get a chance here are the webworms and super defoliators like them. :-) The pic here below is from our thread on Tersa Sphinx Stages: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/769278/ Bottom line, Hornworms aka Hummingbird Moths are very desirable to me. :-) Incredible to raise. :-) |