What are these things under my pepper plants and sweet potato plantš¤¢
What are these things under my pepper plants and sweet potato plantš¤¢
by Car_1r
21 Comments
simplythere
Caterpillar frass. You probably have some big hornworms somewhere on those plants. They glow under a black light at night
Comfortable_Use_9536
I’m pretty sure those Lil turd grenades are from hornworms. Check your peppers!
b_mcclain
Hornworm poop….Better hurry or your plants will stripped…
gholmom500
My son finds THWs by listening for them chewing. Really, they are That voracious of eaters.
camderoo
Awe yes those are the forbidden capers. I Donāt recommend them
Fun718
Not peppers.
EWSflash
Bug droppings. Look for caterpillars
Iamgoingnumber2
Shit
TheElusiveHolograph
Haha, youāve got a big hornworm in their somewhere. Theyāve got good camouflage but when you eventually find it youāll wonder how you ever missed it and youāll be shocked at how big it is.
Edit: also, itās in your pepper plant, not the sweet potato.
Roachmine2023
You can use a blacklight to find hornworms at night. They will glow
BunnyButtAcres
It’s a hornworm somewhere in your peppers. Look for nibbled tender tops of your new growth. They tend to hang on the underside of curved new growth stems. They’re huge and gnarly. I typically just throw them on the ground as hard as I can to kill them. Wild birds take care of the rest.
They’re also usually directly above the poo balls if you’re still having trouble seeing him.
ClapBackBetty
Those are poops
QueenMelle
It’s poo. Big globs of bug poo.
Past-Development-933
Caterpillar poop?
stinkymom
mini grenades
DryGovernment2786
Tomato or tobacco hornworm turds. Check your pepper plants and any nearby tomatoes, eggplants, or potatoes because those things can strip all the leaves off a plant very quickly.
The sweet potatoes should be okay, but if you see holes in the leaves it *could* be a sweet potato hornworm or some other large hawkmoth caterpillar.
The same caterpillar is unlikely to eat both peppers and sweet potatoes; they are host specific.
Emilbus1008
Grenades!
icantfinditongoogle
Free protein
NotCambo
The calm before the stormā¦ you gotta get those guys before they strip all your plants, took 3 of them and 8 hours to strip all my tomatoās
There_Are_No_Gods
Follow the evidence to the source. If you keep looking at the leaves above where you see these caterpillar droppings, you should be able to trace them back to their current location.
If you’re like my wife, though, I’m sorry. She famously still couldn’t see a half dozen big fat three inch long tomato horn worms even after they’d eaten every last leaf and were just hanging out in the open on the leafless vines.
21 Comments
Caterpillar frass. You probably have some big hornworms somewhere on those plants. They glow under a black light at night
I’m pretty sure those Lil turd grenades are from hornworms. Check your peppers!
Hornworm poop….Better hurry or your plants will stripped…
My son finds THWs by listening for them chewing. Really, they are That voracious of eaters.
Awe yes those are the forbidden capers. I Donāt recommend them
Not peppers.
Bug droppings. Look for caterpillars
Shit
Haha, youāve got a big hornworm in their somewhere. Theyāve got good camouflage but when you eventually find it youāll wonder how you ever missed it and youāll be shocked at how big it is.
Edit: also, itās in your pepper plant, not the sweet potato.
You can use a blacklight to find hornworms at night. They will glow
It’s a hornworm somewhere in your peppers. Look for nibbled tender tops of your new growth. They tend to hang on the underside of curved new growth stems. They’re huge and gnarly. I typically just throw them on the ground as hard as I can to kill them. Wild birds take care of the rest.
They’re also usually directly above the poo balls if you’re still having trouble seeing him.
Those are poops
It’s poo. Big globs of bug poo.
Caterpillar poop?
mini grenades
Tomato or tobacco hornworm turds. Check your pepper plants and any nearby tomatoes, eggplants, or potatoes because those things can strip all the leaves off a plant very quickly.
The sweet potatoes should be okay, but if you see holes in the leaves it *could* be a sweet potato hornworm or some other large hawkmoth caterpillar.
The same caterpillar is unlikely to eat both peppers and sweet potatoes; they are host specific.
Grenades!
Free protein
The calm before the stormā¦ you gotta get those guys before they strip all your plants, took 3 of them and 8 hours to strip all my tomatoās
Follow the evidence to the source. If you keep looking at the leaves above where you see these caterpillar droppings, you should be able to trace them back to their current location.
If you’re like my wife, though, I’m sorry. She famously still couldn’t see a half dozen big fat three inch long tomato horn worms even after they’d eaten every last leaf and were just hanging out in the open on the leafless vines.
Caterpillar poop.