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Re: Does anyone recognize this little critter?
[Re: Cab_Burge]
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07/24/24 06:01 PM
07/24/24 06:01 PM
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BloFish
I Live Here
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I Live Here
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On the run…
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Unfortunately I do, it’s a menace to my Tomato plants!
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‘65 A100 ‘69 ‘Cuda ‘73 Vega GT ‘06 Mega Cab ‘14 Mercedes SLK
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Re: Does anyone recognize this little critter?
[Re: BloFish]
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07/26/24 05:09 AM
07/26/24 05:09 AM
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Posts: 4,839 Holland MI Ottawa
2boltmain
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Holland MI Ottawa
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When I was child in the 1970s my dad would place a razor blade on the very end of a stick. Us kids would walk along the tomato plants and just barely touching the worm with the sharp razor blade would cause the work to drain itself off the plant and onto the ground. They are so plump and full- just a nick with the blade and they would drain like a waterbed that's been sliced with a knife. Fun.
Keep old mopars alive.
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Re: Does anyone recognize this little critter?
[Re: 6PAX]
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07/26/24 09:06 AM
07/26/24 09:06 AM
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Posts: 3,430 St. Charles, MO
wingman
Uncreative Title
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St. Charles, MO
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They can be tough on gardens, but they are also a north american native species which produces a pretty cool moth. So we hand-pick them off our "good" plants when we see them and always plant 1 or 2 sacrificial plants away form the garden for them to eat.
With all the invasive non-native pests we have to deal with (Japanese beetles, EAB, etc, etc,) I try to give the native ones a break when i can. Plus when the hornworms show up the native insects that prey on them aren't far behind..
And I try to use less of the sevin dust like I used to because it doesn't know the difference between pests and desirable caterpillars.
Anyway, that's how we do it.
1969 Dodge Coronet Super Bee 383 A4 1970 Plymouth Road Runner 440 FC7 (sold)
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