Bumble needs your help identifying another critter. I apologize if any of you are eating while you are reading this, but I had to show you this gross creature...
Can anybody identity this "thing" and all the white "things" on it?
This creature lives in my sister's backyard. She can keep it!!
Braconid wasps can be a great ally in controlling hornworm populations. If you see a hornworm with what looks like grains of white rice stuck to its back, it has been parasitized by a wasp. When the eggs hatch, the larvae will make a meal of the hornworm. The wasps have been keeping the hornworms in check in my garden for several years now.
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EWWWWW! GROSS!!!! EWWWWW! How am I to explain that to Bumble? I can only imagine her questions!
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