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**carolyn137** · June 5, 2012

When I find them I like to pull them in two and leave them for the birds and ants. If you're squeamish, buy neoprene gloves and use them.

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And I liked to hand pick them, no gloves necessary, and stomp on them or place them on a small rock and smash them with another rock.

But I leave any of them that happen to have the white dots on their backs b'c those are parasitic wasps and when they hatch out and destroy the hornworm there are lots more of them, and well, call it an organic solution to the hornworm problem.

I have never sprayed for hornworms b'c I never found it to be necessary.

June 5, 2012	#3
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	When I find them I like to pull them in two and leave them for the birds and ants. If you're squeamish, buy neoprene gloves and use them. ***** And I liked to hand pick them, no gloves necessary, and stomp on them or place them on a small rock and smash them with another rock. But I leave any of them that happen to have the white dots on their backs b'c those are parasitic wasps and when they hatch out and destroy the hornworm there are lots more of them, and well, call it an organic solution to the hornworm problem. I have never sprayed for hornworms b'c I never found it to be necessary. __________________ Carolyn