grannys gone and done it

[Wishing4Wings]

Wishing, they were big green catipillars that ate my grandmas tomatoe plants in Iowa and they were smelly and hatched to look just like monarchs... Maybe a subspecies...

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But viceroy caterpillars look very different that the tomato hornworms

 

[lindalouly]

It didn't look like that but it was green. ????

 

[Granny Hatchet]

That looks like chicken poop ! hahaaa, heres my guess, tomato caterpillars on them Monarch just happen to be there ? Maybe ?

 

[lindalouly]

Lol!!! I don't know. It's no biggie.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

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They are creepy! And can destroy a tomato plant in a day when they are big. The moths are very cool though, and beneficial as pollinators (I think I'm remembering that right).


I did read one thing that said monarchs, and any caterpillar I guess, will leave a host plant to find a safe place to pupate. So you can fins caterpillars on a plant they don't eat, but the butterflies will only lay eggs on a host plant. Milkweed for Monarchs, not sure for Viceroys.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Wonder if Twist got horned today. Keep forgetting to ask him if they found the predator that got his chickens.

 

[lindalouly]

Wonder if Twist got horned today.  Keep forgetting to ask him if they found the predator that got his chickens.

Is he out on the farm today?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Lol!!! I don't know. It's no biggie.

Oh, I love this kind of stuff. Mystery. Viceroys eat willow, poplar, and cottonwood leaves.

 

[lindalouly]

All I remember is big fat green catipillar and it turned into a butterfly resembling a monarch. lol

 

[Tippylou]

Hi everybody!