I have some to spare if anyone wants in on the party
go_green_team
Go hunting tonight with a black light, there’s probably more
Former_Trash_7109
Send them to hell
RibertarianVoter
First time I saw one of those I just sat there and watched it eat for a full minute. 5 more and my plant would have been decimated.
WillieNailor
Looks like a hawk moth, I get lots here too in Aus, some won’t touch anything other than gardenias, so I bought a few more and now trim what leaves I want and put them in a container til they pupate and release, others I just let them be. I have a good mix of good bugs and birds, but if I saw this on one of my peppers now, especially after last summers weather only just getting back where I started now, 6mths later, I’d put him on a neighbours plant if you don’t have anything else it can have. Cool watching in time lapse, amazing amount they eat.
BTK – the pesticide – I’ve used it successfully to kill tobacco hornworms which is what’s pictured in your post, but you need this specific strain which only targets Lepidopteran (butterflies, moths, and caterpillars) pests. It’s specific to the larval stage (caterpillars), as adults primarily feed on nectar if they feed at all. It lasts about one week, barring rain, and must be ingested to work, so minor damage will occur, but the effects of the toxin causes a nearly immediate cessation in eating. Death comes in about three days as they basically explode from the inside out.
GhettoSauce
I just found one today for the first time. I found those grenade-looking eggs, too. The thing took out half a cherry tomato plant but didn’t get to the peppers.
crotchboxing
I’ve found two recently. What’s the best way to combat these long term other than killing on sight?
StankBaitFishing
Normally they just get my tomatoes but this year they are all going after my peppers! Had 3 with wasp cocoons which is neat.
dobrodude
Those little fuckers sure do blend in well.
Imraul33
Get rid of them. They will decimate your plants.
Educational_Pie_9572
They just want to eat their favorite food. Imagine if someone bugged you if you were trying to eat your favorite food? Lol
Rainbow4Bronte
I had a pepper plant a few years ago and these hookers ate almost all the leaves off. I’m talking one leaf left. Stressful.
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Fat criminal! I just replaced one of those hooligans.
I found two in my garden once I saw their poop on the leaves.
https://preview.redd.it/j44kknvs0ajf1.jpeg?width=5444&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bacdf184f346c438faecb32338e9e39842187a6a
I have some to spare if anyone wants in on the party
Go hunting tonight with a black light, there’s probably more
Send them to hell
First time I saw one of those I just sat there and watched it eat for a full minute. 5 more and my plant would have been decimated.
Looks like a hawk moth, I get lots here too in Aus, some won’t touch anything other than gardenias, so I bought a few more and now trim what leaves I want and put them in a container til they pupate and release, others I just let them be. I have a good mix of good bugs and birds, but if I saw this on one of my peppers now, especially after last summers weather only just getting back where I started now, 6mths later, I’d put him on a neighbours plant if you don’t have anything else it can have. Cool watching in time lapse, amazing amount they eat.
https://preview.redd.it/k83yr4q8aajf1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebc65b9a46b5300c9edead631265e54bdafdbd07
BTK – the pesticide – I’ve used it successfully to kill tobacco hornworms which is what’s pictured in your post, but you need this specific strain which only targets Lepidopteran (butterflies, moths, and caterpillars) pests. It’s specific to the larval stage (caterpillars), as adults primarily feed on nectar if they feed at all. It lasts about one week, barring rain, and must be ingested to work, so minor damage will occur, but the effects of the toxin causes a nearly immediate cessation in eating. Death comes in about three days as they basically explode from the inside out.
I just found one today for the first time. I found those grenade-looking eggs, too. The thing took out half a cherry tomato plant but didn’t get to the peppers.
I’ve found two recently. What’s the best way to combat these long term other than killing on sight?
Normally they just get my tomatoes but this year they are all going after my peppers! Had 3 with wasp cocoons which is neat.
Those little fuckers sure do blend in well.
Get rid of them. They will decimate your plants.
They just want to eat their favorite food. Imagine if someone bugged you if you were trying to eat your favorite food? Lol
I had a pepper plant a few years ago and these hookers ate almost all the leaves off. I’m talking one leaf left. Stressful.