Texas size horn worm

[DogsandDirt]

I can't seem to grow tomatoes very well but I have mastered hornworm husbandry

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[Worth1]

Ive seen them as long as 12 inches down my way.

Worth

[dipchip2000]

Worth

Check your computer. Your photo of the 12 inch hornworm failed to show up in your post. or maybe not.

ron

[ContainerTed]

Naw!! Worth got that batch of 12 inch hornworms from us up here in Tennessee. And, you know, that's at least the second time we Tennesseans have helped out those Texicans.

[salix]

I think it's just the way men measure things...

By the way, over on a cooking forum there is a thread entitled "Revenge is a dish best served fried". Apparently these hornworms are fairly tasty stirfried in a bit of olive oil and garlic!

[Suze]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Ive seen them as long as 12 inches down my way.

Really? LOL

I did see a few this year that were close to five inches long and as thick as a finger, and I thought that was enormous! They were not on the tomato plants, though - mostly seen at the base of various trees (or trying to crawl up the trees) in the backyard.

I of course immediately terminated them with extreme prejudice.

[Worth1]

Suze do you have cissus trifoliata growing in your yard?

I dont think you do but it has one hornworm type caterpillar that only eats this plant.
These things get huge and the horn falls off after a while.

I have them here when it rains.

Worth

[Suze]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Suze do you have cissus trifoliata growing in your yard?

I dont think you do but it has one hornworm type caterpillar that only eats this plant.
These things get huge and the horn falls off after a while.

I have them here when it rains.

Worth, no I don't have any cissus trifoliata aka Cow-Itch vine (which I had to google because I'd never even heard of it)