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Dak June 24, 2017 12:03 AM

I just learned that tomato hornworms glow under UV light
 
That would make some interesting nighttime gardening.


[youtube]mTdetggmOGM[/youtube]

Worth1 June 24, 2017 07:16 AM

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

Worth

Worth1 June 24, 2017 09:30 AM

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.:lol:

Worth

Dak June 24, 2017 10:08 AM

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 10:25 AM

[QUOTE=Dak;649431]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?[/QUOTE]

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.:no:
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 10:39 AM

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

HudsonValley June 25, 2017 07:33 PM

[URL]https://www.instagram.com/p/BMDMeCzDFl6/[/URL]

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

Rockporter June 25, 2017 07:43 PM

:lol: That was great Hudson.


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

Dak June 25, 2017 11:14 PM

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 25, 2017 11:31 PM

[QUOTE=Dak;649374]That would make some interesting nighttime gardening.


[youtube]mTdetggmOGM[/youtube][/QUOTE]

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 25, 2017 11:53 PM

[QUOTE=Dak;649949]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?[/QUOTE]

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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