Tomato hornworms are rare??

[SweetMissDaisy]

*LOL*

Funny to see this thread pop up again!

 

[seedcorn]

Poorly worded. It's rare that they get to 6" long. Why gardeners normally find them, birds, or the wasps lay eggs on them and kill them. What is rare is when I don't get them.

 

[catjac1975]

My chickens won't eat those miserable beasts.

 

[so lucky]

My chickens won't eat those miserable beasts.

Mine won't either.
The worms do make pretty moths, tho, that resemble hummingbirds. Not enough reason to let them eat my tomato plants, however.

 

[ducks4you]

I must be lucky bc I've only found ONE on my tomatoes over the years, and that one was fed to my chickens, lol. I'm SURE that it's only a fluke, like when somebody doesn't have a lot of japenese beetles.

 

[ducks4you]

My chickens won't eat those miserable beasts.

Smash 'em first, and they'll develop a taste for them.

 

[Dave2000]

Last year was the first time in many years we had enough Japanese Beetles to notice. The year prior it was lady bugs and mosquitoes. The year prior, aphids. Bugs are impolite, they don't make advance reservations before arriving for dinner. :/