These were potato plants. They’ve been ravaged by tomato hornworms. So now we know: hornworms can’t spell.


A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: An unanticipated disaster. Try not to draw from life in 2020. Difficult, I know. You’ll really have to stretch your imagination for this one.
MA
acflory
September 7, 2020 at 12:36amIck…glad I’ve never tried to grow potatoes… 🙁
Marian Allen
September 7, 2020 at 8:24amI have NEVER had tomato hornworms on potatoes. NEVER. Apparently, they’ll go for tomatoes, if they’re on offer, but will settle for potatoes.
acflory
September 7, 2020 at 8:59amJust as a matter of interest, what do those ugly little green beasties turn into after all that chomping? Please tell me it’s not a butterfly.
Marian Allen
September 7, 2020 at 5:22pmThey turn into the five-spotted hawkmoth. https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Manduca-quinquemaculata
acflory
September 8, 2020 at 6:15amOh! I think we get those over here as well. I don’t with it harm but I’m glad it’s not a beautiful butterfly. I know…I’m shallow. 🙁
Dan Antion
September 6, 2020 at 7:39amYou say potato and I say…