09-21-2008, 11:34 AM
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pixie of the wood
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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we thought is was a tomato worm too. then i wanted to know when and for how this thing was gonna pupate (or whatever it's called) so i wikied. (ooohhhmmmm.) and wiki told me it was a tobacco worm.(oohhmmm.  )
we've lost one whole habanero plant and most of 2 jalapeno plants - no fruit left since yesterday, one has more leaves left than the other. this voracious critter is amazing to watch. totally worth some hot peppers. i can't decide if i should submit it to the final solution yet. perhaps i will feed it, and cover this last plant with a terrarium of some sort, so we can watch it do it's thing and then final solutionate the moth. i shoulodn't let it go to wreak possible havoc on our farmer neighbors, neighbor neighbors, or us. perhaps we'll introduce a female wasp into it's home and see if we can't get a whole nother learning experience outta this. |