I’m still picking off the dreaded tomato ‘hornworm.’ If I could control my desire to have some tomatoes from my garden and allow the worm to mature, the bats I want so much would have more to eat. They love the hawkmoth that the tomato worm would eventually become. Apparently, the hawkmoth isn’t as selective as the swallowtail about where to lay eggs though because we have plenty of hawkmoths around and I believe I’m the only person with tomatoes in her garden for several miles around.
I’m still picking off the dreaded tomato ‘hornworm.’ If I could control my desire to have some tomatoes from my garden and allow the worm to mature, the bats I want so much would have more to eat. They love the hawkmoth that the tomato worm would eventually become. Apparently, the hawkmoth isn’t as selective as the swallowtail about where to lay eggs though because we have plenty of hawkmoths around and I believe I’m the only person with tomatoes in her garden for several miles around.
Isn’t it fun to learn all this stuff!?
Beautiful pictures, Franki.
Oh yes, it pays to be educated in the garden. I’ve already made the error of mistaking a larve for one I didn’t want.