Is anyone else watching their plants disappear from hungry caterpillars ? I did not think the problem could get worse then it was last year but I was wrong ! This morning I noticed the tops of my perennial morning glory vines were devoid of leaves ! I found yet another very long green tomato horn worm on it plus 4 more medium size caterpillars that were brown all eating away. They are no longer eating here ! I also removed a small green caterpillar from a brugmansia. For several weeks now I have had lots of the hornworms eating their way thru my large cape honeysuckle bushes. Strangely , they never have bothered my tomato plants when I had them growing. Just curious if others are having these problems.

Linda, I am so sorry to hear about your nasty hornworm problem, luckily we don't have a problem with them this time of year, too cold at night. However because of the unseasonably warm temperatures during the daytime this fall we do have a lot of nasty little blood sucking biting gnats , perhaps we could exchange pests for awhile.

Trade you mosquitoes for the gnats !!

I'm not sure you would be happy with the trade, I think these gnats are worse than mosquitoes, they leave itchy red spots that keep enlarging until they are about the size of a dime or a nickle, looks kind of like a blood blister, very nasty I can tell you.

That is a bit bigger then the mosquitoe bites I am itching this week. You may keep the gnats.

I thought you would change your mind.