Re: [CH] Miss Dewi's pepper hornworm
Love2Troll (Love2Troll@kc.rr.com)
Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:05:35 -0500
Miss Dewi writes: >>Byron ID it a while ago but I forgot what it was. Maybe you can jog my memory. Use it if you like I don't mind. It is fun to see what you might come up with.<<
Bryon writes: >>That was ID'd Sept 2000, It's in CH Archieves but I couldn't access it at
this point in time.<<
Miss Dewi,
I couldn't access the CH Archives in the Sept 200 timeframe either, so don't know what Byron came up with. I posed the ID question on a couple of lep sites and the result was a Lime Hawk-moth larva. I confirmed it at the following site:
http://www.schmetterling-raupe.de/tiliae.htm Even said that it eats birch leaves. So apparently the fact that you were in your pepper patch was coincidental to it dropping on you from a birch tree. Lucky you, as the tobacco & tomato hornworms can completely denude a pepper plant overnight.
Also was finally able to listen to the wav on your web site. A seductive female voice is saying only one word..... baby!
Drove through your country 25 years ago. Lovely! Especially liked A'dam.
JohnT
---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.282 / Virus Database: 150 - Release Date: 9/25/01