tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post6720267922409419359..comments2024-03-28T01:32:46.604-04:00Comments on 66 Square Feet (Plus): BiodiversityMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-4246061680947505362013-01-31T06:34:45.573-05:002013-01-31T06:34:45.573-05:00I just loved your site, congratulations.
São Paulo...I just loved your site, congratulations.<br />São Paulo - Brasilosascohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09950543084017780318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-3710299453978074932010-09-01T09:34:16.761-04:002010-09-01T09:34:16.761-04:00So funny to read this -- I still remember growing ...So funny to read this -- I still remember growing tomatoes in Florida and dealing with these guys. I was a peace-loving vegetarian at the time and yet still had murderous visions of displaying the dead body of one hornworm to scare off the others ... They just kept coming and eating and eating and eating my tomato plants.Slyonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-44714209459470341452010-09-01T00:38:48.050-04:002010-09-01T00:38:48.050-04:00Hi Marie-
Beautiful blog. I think I met you once ...Hi Marie-<br /><br />Beautiful blog. I think I met you once at BBG, possibly in the Native Flora when the lilies were blooming. I think I have an ID for your butterfly. The American Painted Lady. Vannessa virginiensis. But I am no expert. I'd taken a picure of one earlier in the season and tried to ID it myself. Your blog just made me hungry, although not this particular catipillar post.Sweetgum Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940208313204210876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-84665827745814804352010-08-31T16:23:32.772-04:002010-08-31T16:23:32.772-04:00Oh what a lovely post, Marie! I used to spend many...Oh what a lovely post, Marie! I used to spend many childhood afternoons mesmerized by Cabbage Whites kissing the lantana in our neighbor's yard. And my old "friend", the tomato hornworm. She makes swift work of the crop, doesn't she? They squirt pretty good, too ... just sayin'.<br /><br />Keli'iIkaikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16490381907339678293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-63605898313081221852010-08-31T14:54:50.787-04:002010-08-31T14:54:50.787-04:00Ick, the hornworm is so pretty yet so destructive!...Ick, the hornworm is so pretty yet so destructive!!meemsnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584936035577822444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-52619190912239621682010-08-31T12:32:56.285-04:002010-08-31T12:32:56.285-04:00Those tomato eating caterpillars are ruthless! I r...Those tomato eating caterpillars are ruthless! I respect your awe of them, but I've lost too many big tomato plants to them to be kind to them. Since it's near the end of tomato season I especially want them GONE. Beautiful pictures though, and I did actually have a tiny moment of compassion.Anne Boleynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-45817761516433003392010-08-31T12:17:28.316-04:002010-08-31T12:17:28.316-04:00And here I am in the middle of the English country...And here I am in the middle of the English countryside and have never seen so few butterflies as this summer.<br /><br />I have quoted your fabulous peach sponge on my blog today with a link to your blog - trusting that is ok with you?<br /><br />LOVE that cake! Bless Mr Slater!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12169459398749257493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-18366093454187599342010-08-31T11:47:08.159-04:002010-08-31T11:47:08.159-04:00Wow, so much going on. Curse those Cabbage Whites,...Wow, so much going on. Curse those Cabbage Whites, they've infested my broccoli before I could get a cover on them!<br /><br />Tobacco Hornworm! Am familiar with the tomato variety. Hmm. Too fat to squish. I suppose the pruner would do. Can't the birds do the dirty work?Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554893883207752597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-74187562526524349682010-08-31T11:15:40.940-04:002010-08-31T11:15:40.940-04:00Marie,
Check out Doug Tallamy's Bringing Natu...Marie,<br /><br />Check out Doug Tallamy's Bringing Nature Home. Based on your insect excitement and love of plants, I think you might appreciate it. It's definitely made me rethink some things.<br /><br />Thanks, as always, for the beaufitul images and stories :)Paul Westerveltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-48112672428727313962010-08-31T10:54:47.358-04:002010-08-31T10:54:47.358-04:00Beautiful pics Marie! Way to work the camera!
Ho...Beautiful pics Marie! Way to work the camera!<br /><br />How did that bugger end up on your patio? Did you have any issues getting him off of the branch? They have a grip like nobody's business.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303344546714641616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-91884695675298812122010-08-31T10:11:32.938-04:002010-08-31T10:11:32.938-04:00Lovely butterfly shots.
YIKES! That hornworm is ...Lovely butterfly shots.<br /><br />YIKES! That hornworm is really something. Your link says the pupa will form underground so you may not care enough to keep horny alive. Unless the tomatoes are beyond salvaging.<br /><br />Oscar looks close to chrysalis time based on what happened with ours. If you observe him doing a big loose poop, that's the signal. You may wish to enclose the parsley plant in netting and provide some twigs, otherwise it will likely crawl away and disappear and form the chrysalis on a brick on the roof surround.Pam and Simbanoreply@blogger.com