[TN-Butterflies] Re: Emailing: Tomato Hornworm parasites 10-6-11_005 .jpg
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bananaquit1@xxxxxxxxxxx" <Bananaquit1@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Bill Haley <wgh@xxxxxxxxxx>, Susan Schott <schottbirds@xxxxxxxxx>, Libby Wolfe <WOLFE11111@xxxxxxx>, David Spicer <birdsnbflys@xxxxxxxxx>, "tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:48:36 -0800 (PST)
Hey Tommie,
When it gets to this point, you might as well leave the cocoons alone. The
larvae feed inside the caterpillar and then emerge to spins those cocoons so at
this point, any damage has already been done.
This is a Carolina Sphinx caterpillar, AKA Tobacco Hornworm and those wasps are
important to have around as a control of this pest species.
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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From: Tommie Rogers <Bananaquit1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Bill Haley <wgh@xxxxxxxxxx>; Susan Schott <schottbirds@xxxxxxxxx>; Libby
Wolfe <WOLFE11111@xxxxxxx>; David Spicer <birdsnbflys@xxxxxxxxx>;
tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 8:59 AM
Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Emailing: Tomato Hornworm parasites 10-6-11_005 .jpg
This is one of the White-lined Sphinx Caterpillar I
saw in my yard this fall. Braconid wasp larvae are on it. I knocked
the larvae off, but I think the caterpillars were too weak to survive
anyway.
Tommie Rogers
Marion county
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