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mgh Willamette Valley, OR(Zone 8a) Jul 20, 2008

I found this on a petunia today. Anyone know what it is and if I should kill or let it live?

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Andy_pandy tucson, AZ(Zone 8a) Jul 21, 2008

I vote Yes because it Pink!!!

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mgh Willamette Valley, OR(Zone 8a) Jul 21, 2008

LOL, Andy! I like the color too, but if it's a nasty moth or something like that, I'm afraid it will have to go. Right now it is in a jar with some leaves on my dining room table.

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mgh Willamette Valley, OR(Zone 8a) Jul 22, 2008

What happened to all our bug experts? Anyone there? ;o)

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mgh Willamette Valley, OR(Zone 8a) Jul 26, 2008

I was told it is a tabacco budworm.....which turns into a moth. :o( My DS was very disappointed.
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/Pubs/insect/05581.html
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/1676/

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 26, 2008

Nice to know. I had suspected that this would turn out to be a color variant of an otherwise common species, but I had never seen a pink budworm.

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mgh Willamette Valley, OR(Zone 8a) Jul 26, 2008

I heard they turn the color of what ever food they are eating. This one was on a pink petunia.

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