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Gymgirl SE Houston (Hobby), TX(Zone 9a) Jun 15, 2009

Harry died...heat prostration...

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stephanietx Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Jun 15, 2009

LOL Linda!

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CapeCodGardener Mid-Cape, MA(Zone 7a) Jun 15, 2009

There IS another good thing about the dreaded UG-LEE hornworm; beneficial wasps lay their eggs on them. Be sure and check--if you see little white "grains of rice" on the HWs, these are beneficial wasp eggs. When they hatch, they will take care of the HWs AND help in your garden.

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Gymgirl SE Houston (Hobby), TX(Zone 9a) Jun 15, 2009

Didn't ya'll ever see Madagascar? One of the stars was a Tomato Hornworm. I only realized it after I was holding Harry and saw the 'old man' markings on his side.

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1lisac Liberty Hill, TX(Zone 8a) Jun 15, 2009

I have actually kept one to see if it would turn into a moth, in a jar in my kitchen. I found it last fall at our local farmer's market lumbering along over the gravel. It was HUGE over 4 inches long and really fat. I had heard that they borough in the ground to over winter here and turn into moths in the spring. I put some dirt in a jar and stuck the worm in there, it buried itself. Just a couple of weeks ago we dumped the jar out and it was still in there but all dried out. So evidently it didn't make it. If they have to bury themselves in the ground I don't know how they make it here, the ground is so hard and rocky. Yes, I'm a grown woman and I had a caterpillar in my kitchen, I guess I felt I needed to replace the pollywogs that had turned to toads.
Lisa

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MissJestr Kingman, AZ(Zone 7a) Jun 15, 2009

Ewww Gymgirl, I am sending Billy to you when he is old enough for 4 H so you can help him collect his bugs....

BTW I found out what was eating my garden, it is not bugs, it is them furry rabbits with white cotton tails... They have mowed down all my bell peppers, cantalope and corn.... Tonight I will get some chicken wire and attach it to the fence that surrounds the garden... Thank goodness it was no bug.

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