Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Killers.

I had five beautiful bell pepper plants this morning.  There were several bell peppers growing.  This evening, I have nothing.

Tomato Horned Caterpillar.

(yes, that is a quarter to get size comparison)
Their poops are M&M sized.

There are four in the jar.

In 90 minutes, they deposited 12 poops.  Yes, I counted because I am a total nerd like that.



I totally thought I could "feed" these until they, you know, turn into moths . . . I don't know if I can feed them that long.  BTW, I *packed* this jar full of leaves. And all those leaves were eaten in under two hours. Hungry, are we?

Yes, the moths are large, very large.  One got lost in my house last spring.