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Old August 3, 2017   #7
Father'sDaughter
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Default Hornworms

I never had them until today -- my one and only runt of a Melrose Pepper was totally stripped of leaves this morning and there was a pile of hornworm droppings piled all around the stem. It had just moved on to a neighboring Aleppo plant and was on it's second leaf when I found it. No wasp eggs, so it went bye-bye.

Tonight I took another swing through the garden just to check on things, and under a tomato plant I found some fresh droppings. I climbed up on a step stool to get a loser look, and there were two more in the process of chowing down on my Sulia's Heart. Luckily they hadn't gotten too far into their feast before they went bye-bye as well.

So I guess I'm worm hunting at least twice a day for the rest of the season...
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