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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

He probably was!  I hope you took care of him!
A grasshopper can do a lot of damage in a short amount of time.  My 
friend planted some blueberries this year and went out to water them as 
she did every other day.  One plant was almost totally bare of leaves, 
and she at first thought it was dead or had lost its leaves early.  But 
a closer inspection revealed two grasshoppers munching away on an 
adjacent plant.  Dead grasshoppers now.

Bev

bob ford wrote:
> Bev; I just went back out and looked at the tips (and as much as I could, 
> again, of the rest) of every single branch of the plant.  A lot more damage 
> than I first thought.  Over half the plant has the tips missing, over 1/4 
> stripped.  Still, I find no worm.
>
> But, what I did fine.  A short , fat grassgopper.  Right on the tip of the plant 
> next to the damged plant.  We have lots of grasshoppers here.  But this is a 
> strange looking one.  looks just like a hornworm, but short & with 
> grasshppoer legs, and I didn't notice 'horns'.  Usually, our grasshoppers are 
> brown.  I don't know what to do except occasionally check to make sure.  But, I 
> could swear that grasshopper was eating my tomato plant...............bobford
>
>
> --- On Tue, 10/14/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Tomato hornworms
> > To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 11:59 AM
> > In my experience, they are near the top of the vine. 
> > Perhaps you are 
> > being blinded by the sun?
> >
> > Bev
> >
> > bob ford wrote:
> > > Foer the past hour , I have been looking for a (or
> > more) tomato
> > > hornworm.  I wnt out to check my plants.  And, on the
> > plant with the
> > > most (tiny) fruit, about 1/4 of the plant was stripped
> > of leaves and
> > > even the smaller parts of the limb stalks.
> > >
> > > Back before I fell ill and quit gardening for a time,
> > I had
> > > experiences with these pests.  They were generally
> > brought in with a
> > > new plant from the nursey.
> > >
> > > Anyway; I haven't found it.  I know it is there,
> > and I can't find it.
> > > Maybe it was alone and already turned into a moth and
> > flew away, but,
> > > that I doubt.
> > >
> > > I know they are easier to see around the break of
> > dawn.  Does anyone
> > > know how to find them in the bright sun of daytime?. 
> > Is there a safe
> > > type of pesticide to use to keep them from spreading
> > and increasing
> > > population? .............bobford
> > >
> > >
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