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Reply #10: All my tomato hornworms are covered with parasitic wasp cocoons.
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Mon Jun-28-10 07:48 AM
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10. All my tomato hornworms are covered with parasitic wasp cocoons. |
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I have raised my Garden organically for 40 years and the balance within it is awe-inspiring to see. When the hornworms first appear, they are sleek green voracious leaf-miners. But within a day or three, every hornworm I find is covered with white cocoons that are there because parasitic wasps have injected their offspring's eggs into the worms. The worms just sit there providing warm (paralyzed) food for the next generation of Garden protectors until they are dessicated and fall to the Garden floor.
Mother Nature -- you just gotta love her (and leave her alone). She'll take care of everything.
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