Hornworm meets his doooooom!

Kikaida · June 21, 2015

Sweet little minion laying waste to this interloper.

ContainerTed · June 21, 2015

See my post below

Starlight · June 21, 2015

I think Ted is right. One of the Tomato Loopers in the Chrysodeixis Chalcites family.

I hate when I walk into or get tangled by one of their webs, but you just got to love spiders and the work they do. : )

pauldavid · June 21, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kikaida

Sweet little minion laying waste to this interloper.

Your spider eats everything Kikaida!

Score!

Kikaida · June 21, 2015

He's a crazy little minion!
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I thought hornworms have a horn on their butts? If you look closely, you can see one.

pauldavid · June 22, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kikaida

He's a crazy little minion!
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I thought hornworms have a horn on their butts? If you look closely, you can see one.

It looks like it could be a small one. I posted a pic of a big one on a thread last night.

http://www.tomatoville.com/attachmen...3&d=1434850004

AlittleSalt · June 21, 2015

Spider needs theme music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFa1-kciCb4
Go-Spider-Go.

clkeiper · June 22, 2015

Horn worms do start out pretty little, so I agree there is a great possibility that it is, so go look diligently for more of them or spray with spinosad or dipel dust.

ContainerTed · June 22, 2015

I could be wrong, but I didn't immediately see any evidence of the horn, nor the diagonal white striping that hornworms have, I also thought there was too much distance between the front legs and the next legs. So, my guess would be that it is a member of the Inchworm family. Here's a picture I found on a search for inchworms.

th3NC1KRCK.jpg

When I do a blowup of your picture, there's something sticking up off the butt of the worm. And, I now can see the places where the white diagonal striping will be.

I reckon it's a HORNWORM baby.

attachment0QDC3QAZ1.jpg

Starlight · June 22, 2015

With the blow up pic , it just might be, because now you can see the very faint lines that develop on the hormworms.

Kudzu · June 28, 2015

We collect them and feed un to the chickens.

June 21, 2015	#2
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	See my post below __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch Last edited by ContainerTed; June 22, 2015 at 10:23 AM.

June 22, 2015	#8
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	Horn worms do start out pretty little, so I agree there is a great possibility that it is, so go look diligently for more of them or spray with spinosad or dipel dust. __________________ carolyn k

June 22, 2015	#9
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	I could be wrong, but I didn't immediately see any evidence of the horn, nor the diagonal white striping that hornworms have, I also thought there was too much distance between the front legs and the next legs. So, my guess would be that it is a member of the Inchworm family. Here's a picture I found on a search for inchworms. th3NC1KRCK.jpg When I do a blowup of your picture, there's something sticking up off the butt of the worm. And, I now can see the places where the white diagonal striping will be. I reckon it's a HORNWORM baby. attachment0QDC3QAZ1.jpg __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch Last edited by ContainerTed; June 22, 2015 at 10:21 AM.

June 21, 2015	#3
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	I think Ted is right. One of the Tomato Loopers in the Chrysodeixis Chalcites family. I hate when I walk into or get tangled by one of their webs, but you just got to love spiders and the work they do. : )

June 21, 2015	#5
Kikaida Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 258	He's a crazy little minion! - I thought hornworms have a horn on their butts? If you look closely, you can see one.

June 21, 2015	#7
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Spider needs theme music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFa1-kciCb4 Go-Spider-Go.

June 28, 2015	#11
Kudzu Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: mississippi Posts: 9	We collect them and feed un to the chickens.