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Hornworms

Post by Epona » Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:05 pm

Found 3 huge hornworms on the tomatoes this morning. Pulled them off and threw them to the flock of peafowl that were trying to sneak in the garden gate. Should of yelled “shark”....what a feeding frenzy.
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Re: Hornworms

Post by WLLady » Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:53 pm

that's great! my birds run from them. they are seriously afraid of them! LOL. keep those birds :-)
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Re: Hornworms

Post by Epona » Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:30 am

Peafowl will actively seek out and kill snakes. The hornworm was small fry for them. I do hate it when they go after the garden snakes.
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Post by Killerbunny » Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:01 am

SAme with the turkeys, I have to rescue snakes and cats!
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Post by labradors » Fri Aug 07, 2020 4:27 pm

I found hornworms today! At least mine weren't enormous so my plants aren't damaged. I'm so glad that my chickens took them and ran off with them :). We found them at a friend's place once, and her chickens weren't interested......
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Re: Hornworms

Post by ross » Sat Aug 08, 2020 8:56 am

Labrador I see the sign now . HORNY ( worm) EATING CHICKENS FOR HIRE lol
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Post by labradors » Sat Aug 08, 2020 12:09 pm

Ha ha Ross. My friend would definitely be a taker :). In the mean time, I think I will have to buy a UV light so that I can find the hornworms more easily.

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