I just learned that tomato hornworms glow under UV light

Dak · June 24, 2017

That would make some interesting nighttime gardening.

Worth1 · June 24, 2017

If you turned a black light on at night where I live you would run off screaming.

Worth

Worth1 · June 24, 2017

I have seen her videos before and with the risk of sounding like a sexiest pig, she is a lot more informative and easier to listen to than the 84 year old tomato seed guy.

Worth

Dak · June 24, 2017

Haha, I suppose that's true, some things cannot be unseen too, might never want to go back.

The first link I found had OK visuals, but I found the background music annoying, so I found her, who's this tomato seed guy, or maybe I shouldn't ask?

Worth1 · June 24, 2017

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Originally Posted by Dak

Haha, I suppose that's true, some things cannot be unseen too, might never want to go back.

The first link I found had OK visuals, but I found the background music annoying, so I found her, who's this tomato seed guy, or maybe I shouldn't ask?

You really dont want to even look at one of his videos trust me.
For that reason I wont even post a link to the thread or video so you can be traumatized.

Just imagine this girl being a skinny young guy on meth crack and acid at the same time repeating herself twenty times to get something out while flapping around.

Dak · June 24, 2017

That bad? Think I will happily pass then, LOL.

HudsonValley · June 25, 2017

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMDMeCzDFl6/

Not a hornworm, and no UV light, but pretty funny (press play for full effect)

Rockporter · June 25, 2017

That was great Hudson.

Scorpions also glow under UV light. You can see them all over the sand dunes at the beach.

Dak · June 26, 2017

Hudson, my husband just came into the room to see why I was laughing so hard. He joined me. What's the song, do you know?

Spartanburg123 · June 26, 2017

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Originally Posted by Dak

That would make some interesting nighttime gardening.

Really interesting! So hornworms have fluorescent chemical compounds, as do tomato flowers. I might try this soon- I found a monster hornworm happily munching on one of my tomatoes just yesterday. Once you find one, there are hordes of others....

HudsonValley · June 26, 2017

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Hudson, my husband just came into the room to see why I was laughing so hard. He joined me. What's the song, do you know?

Not sure. My husband thinks it's from Bizet's opera, Carmen, but it sounds a little off to me... It's definitely in French, whatever it is!

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Dak Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: CA Posts: 494	I just learned that tomato hornworms glow under UV light That would make some interesting nighttime gardening. Last edited by Dak; June 24, 2017 at 01:16 AM.

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Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	That was great Hudson. Scorpions also glow under UV light. You can see them all over the sand dunes at the beach. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~ Last edited by Rockporter; June 25, 2017 at 08:46 PM.

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	If you turned a black light on at night where I live you would run off screaming. Worth

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HudsonValley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Hudson Valley, NY, Zone 6a Posts: 626	https://www.instagram.com/p/BMDMeCzDFl6/ Not a hornworm, and no UV light, but pretty funny (press play for full effect)

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Dak Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: CA Posts: 494	Hudson, my husband just came into the room to see why I was laughing so hard. He joined me. What's the song, do you know?