Little hole, and ???? - Page 2

lakelady · July 2, 2012

wow that is so strange looking. How's the plant look othewise? Wish I could tell you what it is, but I am stumped!

henry · July 2, 2012

Found on the [garden web]
Culprit Identified: Stalk Borer

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Posted by azureus z4 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 24, 05 at 13:01
I thought that I'd let everyone know that I finally identified the caterpillar that was hollowing
out my tomato stems. The name is Papaipema nebris, Common Stalk Borer. It seems that these guys attack brome grass, corn, giant ragweed, and sometimes tomatoes and potatoes. There's some ragweed in the field next to my garden, so I guess that's where the infestation originated.
April

Here is a link that might be useful: Stalk Borer

Wonder if this is what is eating yours?

Henry

tam91 · July 3, 2012

I'd done some more googling, and guessed at stalk borer. Wierd that I can't find it in there though. It is the same plant with the new excavation. Wierd though, they say it comes from weeds, and the plant is in a rubbermaid tub. So I don't even know how it crawled up to get in there. Haven't looked at things this morning though, but I suspect I did so much surgery I probably killed the plant. Why is it always a variety that you really want to try?

JamesL · July 3, 2012

Tracy,
I wonder if it was up in the foliage on the same plant, and then came back down and bored itself a new hole, since you kicked it out of the original one.

tam91 · July 3, 2012

Got him!

lol apparently I scared the poop out of him in relocating him, because my first photos don't have the... um... stuff.

Anyone know who he is?

BigBrownDogHouse · July 3, 2012

Holy smokes!

The fun things we find in our gardens! Glad you got 'em. Now a quick prayer for your ailing plant!

JamesL · July 3, 2012

Ugly one.
Details? Was he in the new hole, or elsewhere on the plant?

Get medieval! Mount his body on a stick as a warning to the others....

tam91 · July 3, 2012

He was in the part of the stem that I had split.

lol I'm flushing him or something - who knows, maybe he'd be like a worm where the body in two parts would grow more of them!

JamesL · July 3, 2012

Now to save the patient...... Hope you can.

tam91 · July 3, 2012

Thanks. We'll see. It looks fairly happy, amazingly.

lakelady · July 3, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesL

Ugly one.
Details? Was he in the new hole, or elsewhere on the plant?

Get medieval! Mount his body on a stick as a warning to the others....

LOL James!

Tracy, that is truly one GROSS looking worm! Aren't you glad you got rid of him? eww!

tam91 · July 3, 2012

I thought he was kinda cool and interesting to photograph - now that he's not in my tomato plant! I've gotten a few cool bug pictures lately - off topic, but isn't this little guy adorable? He hitchhiked on my skirt into the house, wasn't anywhere near the tomatoes thank goodness.

Dork Fish · July 4, 2012

WTF, those things better stay in crystal lake! Haha

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tam91 · July 4, 2012

Haha you don't want me to share huh? If I ever come for a visit, I'll shake off my skirts first

Dork Fish · July 4, 2012

Nope, you can keep those.

Yep, we will have to do a bug sweep down the street. ;p

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July 2, 2012	#16
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	wow that is so strange looking. How's the plant look othewise? Wish I could tell you what it is, but I am stumped! __________________ Antoniette

July 2, 2012	#17
henry Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Midway B.C. Canada Posts: 311	Found on the [garden web] Culprit Identified: Stalk Borer clip this post email this post what is this? see most clipped and recent clippings Posted by azureus z4 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 24, 05 at 13:01 I thought that I'd let everyone know that I finally identified the caterpillar that was hollowing out my tomato stems. The name is Papaipema nebris, Common Stalk Borer. It seems that these guys attack brome grass, corn, giant ragweed, and sometimes tomatoes and potatoes. There's some ragweed in the field next to my garden, so I guess that's where the infestation originated. April Here is a link that might be useful: Stalk Borer Wonder if this is what is eating yours? Henry __________________ Henry

July 3, 2012	#18
tam91 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Crystal Lake IL Posts: 2,484	I'd done some more googling, and guessed at stalk borer. Wierd that I can't find it in there though. It is the same plant with the new excavation. Wierd though, they say it comes from weeds, and the plant is in a rubbermaid tub. So I don't even know how it crawled up to get in there. Haven't looked at things this morning though, but I suspect I did so much surgery I probably killed the plant. Why is it always a variety that you really want to try? __________________ Tracy

July 3, 2012	#21
BigBrownDogHouse Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Northern Illinois ZONE 5a...wait now 5b Posts: 906	Holy smokes! The fun things we find in our gardens! Glad you got 'em. Now a quick prayer for your ailing plant! __________________ Brian

July 3, 2012	#23
tam91 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Crystal Lake IL Posts: 2,484	He was in the part of the stem that I had split. lol I'm flushing him or something - who knows, maybe he'd be like a worm where the body in two parts would grow more of them! __________________ Tracy

July 3, 2012	#19
JamesL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 1,992	Tracy, I wonder if it was up in the foliage on the same plant, and then came back down and bored itself a new hole, since you kicked it out of the original one.

July 4, 2012	#28
Dork Fish Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Zone 5B Illinois Posts: 402	WTF, those things better stay in crystal lake! Haha Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2 __________________ Andrea

July 4, 2012	#30
Dork Fish Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Zone 5B Illinois Posts: 402	Nope, you can keep those. Yep, we will have to do a bug sweep down the street. ;p Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2 __________________ Andrea