THIS is an Angel's Trumpet (Datura innoxia, not to be confused with Brugmansia, which is an annual.) Pretty, right? Grows to 5 - 8 ft. tall, and about that around. Mine is about 4 feet up and across. Nice. Best thing? It LOVES the heat. Loves shade. Loves sun. No pruning. To say that I love this pretty little plant is an understatement.
This is what I found on it:
(OKAY. That is ACTUAL SIZE. I measured my screen. FUGGIN' GROOOSSSSS.)
That is a tomato hornworm. They are squirmy, thick bodied, and I did the Ooogie Shiver dance (while wearing my leather rose-pruning gloves) each time I YANKED one off. I had to YANK. They are disgusting and I hate them. That is a deck of playing cards, and they were all as long as that. EWWWW. Thicker than my thumb. EWWWWWWW!!
I would like to state that there were FIFTEEN of them. I collected seeds yesterday, and checked the plant. There were no tomato hornworms. Almost the ENTIRE plant has been defoliated. (No leaves.) I have four daturas. FOUR. They ate them all.
The cats are no longer outside. They scare the birds away. Currently mocking birds are having a feast in my driveway. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
In other news, I am writing AU RPS with VK and William "Peter, High Kiing of Narnia" Somebody Hot Lips. Clearly this is a plague of locusts being visited on me. Don't make me bust out the DDT. DON'T. MAKE. ME.
This is what I found on it:
(OKAY. That is ACTUAL SIZE. I measured my screen. FUGGIN' GROOOSSSSS.)
That is a tomato hornworm. They are squirmy, thick bodied, and I did the Ooogie Shiver dance (while wearing my leather rose-pruning gloves) each time I YANKED one off. I had to YANK. They are disgusting and I hate them. That is a deck of playing cards, and they were all as long as that. EWWWW. Thicker than my thumb. EWWWWWWW!!
I would like to state that there were FIFTEEN of them. I collected seeds yesterday, and checked the plant. There were no tomato hornworms. Almost the ENTIRE plant has been defoliated. (No leaves.) I have four daturas. FOUR. They ate them all.
The cats are no longer outside. They scare the birds away. Currently mocking birds are having a feast in my driveway. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
In other news, I am writing AU RPS with VK and William "Peter, High Kiing of Narnia" Somebody Hot Lips. Clearly this is a plague of locusts being visited on me. Don't make me bust out the DDT. DON'T. MAKE. ME.
- Spock is::
GROSSED OUT
'Oos dis bint, then?
stoney321- Laura Stone
- Hey, Don't Judge Me
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*joins you in the icky dance*
Eww eww EWWWW!! And they were so wiggly and STRONG (eww!) that I could feel them trying to break free in my thick leather gloves and they wanted to slip into my glove and squirm on my poor tender flesh I KNOW IT!!!
*scrubs forever!!*
You have my sympathy, because that looks like something Buffy would ask Giles to look up in his books and then make Spike come along with her when she went to kill it.
Fuggin' nasty. (Normally, birds would have a FIELD day with them, and I never would have known. BUT. The kitties have taken to napping in the plant's shade, so the birds are smart.)
I could have sprayed Bt (harmless to everything BUT worms) but then I would have had to go to the store, buy some, yadda yadda. Fast and nasty.
GLEH. (Seriously. Look at a deck of cards. That lon or slightly longer, and MAN THUMB thick. *cries*)
Cannot wait.
(Okay, Vinnie's been sent to a public school in England, and they're roommates. They're getting naked. Um... there will be full mouths on parts. And quiet gasps.)
...I'm going to need an icon. (Gah, the picture I found of William, OH GOD.)
HATE tomato hornworms, and am now freaking out about the four heirloom tomato plants I have sitting in their plastic house (against late blight).
I think, though, that the yellow jackets eat first instars, so I should be OK.
Julia, as long as I don't get stung by the yellowjackets, that is.
Yellowjackets. Oh, god. I'm so allergic, I can't begin to tell you.
*crosses fingers for your plants* Oh, and the TOMATOES THAT AREN'T PUTTING OUT are fine. In case you wondered. bastards.
*the CIIIIIRCLE of LIIIIIIIFE*
Oh but bare fingers?? eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwWWWWWWWWWW!
15. 15!!! YOU got a purdy, purdy mouth.
So not for me.
Eww.
But only three people will care, and it will be way too detailed and lame.
EWWW ICK EWWW GROSS MANTHUMB WORMIES.
Oooh, to battle those summbitches, you have to treat them at a certain time of the year - you treat the grubs in your lawn. What state are you in, and I'll look it up for you. (If you want)
And aren't they NASTY??? I have ALL the bugs, since I'm the only one in four blocks with any sort of plant life. GAH.
You'll make sure I notice that when you post it, yes? 8)
::continues to skeeve::
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Our neighbor's cat was eaten by an owl two years ago. Yeah. Yeah, we have birds big enough. Haven't you heard about things in Texas? ;)
Your RPS is strangely intriguing.
And they (the 'pillars) are GROSS. They turn into hummingbrid moths, which is wonderful, but 15!! They completely destroyed all but FIVE leaves on four plants. :(
(One or two, I would have left them. 15!!!)
That may be the most horrifying thing I've read. I am SO SORRY. *napalms your NEIGHBORHOOD* Gah. *hugs hugs hugs*
*also does the hippy hippy shake for good measure*
Five Spotted Hawkmoth
In my garden, I get a lot of hummingbird clearwings, hopefully it will stay that way.
And here's a suggestion: Fried Green Tomato Hornworms. Yummy!
(And EWWWW. hahahahaha!)