Re: [CH] hornworms in chiles
Dave Drum (xrated@famvid.com)
Sat, 19 Aug 2000 21:21:52 -0500
> The best method of control is to leave your hornets alone, and let them
> control the hornworms. If hornets aren't in my way, they are left alone.
> They cruise up and down the rows of my garden, looking for tiny larvae (and
> hornworms once were tiny) with which to provision their egg cases. I
> haven't had tomato hornworms for years. I am not talking about yellow
> jackets. They are different critters than what I'm talking about. Plain
> old mud wasps or hornets. Margaret Lauterbach
Hmmmmmm.... I know what are red wasps (wine coloured, really), blue
wasps, mud daubers (look like wasps but, no stingers), honey bees,
bumble bees, etc. And these yellow and black stripey dudes that are
called variously hornets, yellow jackets and grease bees. So, which is
it? What does a hornet really look like?
I know the yellow and black stripey guys like to hang around honeysuckle
and they will eat the road kill bugs off your vehicle better than a car
wash bug sponge. So whether they're hornets or yellow jackets, they're
friends of mine.
ENJOY!!!
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