i knew he was there somewhere
as i could see his damage
he
ate all the leaves off some of my tomato vines
ate all he flowers the potential tomatoes
left a stalk a green one that looked like a tornado
had came through and ripped off all the leaves and flowers
it looked like the vegetation where the oil field has
leaked oil or salt water onto the land
just sticks in the air
i read where you could see them at night if you
have a uv light
it said they can have some florescence
i have tried in the past but it didnt seem to work
they seemed to match a curled up tomato leaf so well
it is hard to see them
they barely move like a sloth i guess
doing tons of destruction
now if you leave them alone
theyll devour most of the tomato plant
and
will turn into this beautiful moth called
the sphinx moth
note there is some confusion online of what the moth looks like
i never watch to see what they turned into
texasbutterflyranch.com
now im a nature loving guy
but im sorry my tomatoes come first
now they start out real small like inchworm size
then they get real big like this one
then even bigger than this
like your worst nightmare
ok i sometimes compromise
the ??cowitch vine
a native vine that grows wild
it has small black fruit with small flowers that
bees go crazy over
i have it transplanted onto my arbor
to provide shade on the west side of the house
since it requires no water or care
it so happens that this tomato worm scientific name
maduca quinquemaculata
also likes to eat the ??cowitch vine
so when i find these dudes
i take them into my palm
with a glove of course
i think
chickens
or
vine
if the tomato worm is lucky
i chose
the vine
life here at the country n is life or death
the organicgreen doctor
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