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Hornworm or similar. It would be dead soon without your intervention, those cocoons on its back are from a wasp that laid eggs IN it, then the hatched larvae ate the worm from the inside out before burrowing out to pupate into a winged wasp. Unless you really hate wasps the best thing to do is put the worm outside so the baby wasps survive to hunt down new worms for you.
kill it
yup what he said.
no dont kill it. those are wasp eggs that will protect your garden against horn worms.
Let it live, you need those wasps! Those things do wonders for your garden. Just place it outside somewhere away from your plants.
If you only found 4 you probably have at least 100.
Look on the underside of each leaf.
Look for a round pin head size opaque egg.
Look on the underside of each leaf.
Look for a round pin head size opaque egg.
Well not all are butterflies, most destructive caterpillars are actually moths.
millworkman
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Hopefully you didnt squish it. Super beneficial.
Wow, wasp eggs. I didn't squish it. I was going to but then decided to stick it in a gallon sized jar with some screen over the opening. I wanted to see what happened with it.
Well ,now I guess I'll go let it go somewhere else in the yard so the wasps can hatch.
Man you learn something new everyday. Thanks for all the responses.
Well ,now I guess I'll go let it go somewhere else in the yard so the wasps can hatch.
Man you learn something new everyday. Thanks for all the responses.
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[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]that's a good thing to see in your garden. [/background][background=rgb(255, 244, 228)] [/background]
Unless your garden is near the house and you have kids that play outside...
A bottle of Seven will probably take care of those for you.
Bah, wasps and kids can have tons of fun together. Not to mention the great cardiovascular workout they get from running away and screaming.
millworkman
Extreme Member
Those wasps will not hurt humans.
I observed this same thing a few weeks back in my garden. I went out to check on my peppers and plants 
and low and behold I looked down and saw what I thought was pieces of white styrofoam, I was wondering what it was and upon closer look saw that it was a hornworm that had these white cocoons. I had read about this happening either on here or somewhere on the net so it was interesting to see it for real. The body of the hornworn was half brown and dead too. I plucked it off my banana pepper plant and tossed it into the yard. That was all for me and I have not seen it happen again since. I was just really thrilled to have read about it then see in for real myself too. I was happy to see another hornworn get destroyed
and low and behold I looked down and saw what I thought was pieces of white styrofoam, I was wondering what it was and upon closer look saw that it was a hornworm that had these white cocoons. I had read about this happening either on here or somewhere on the net so it was interesting to see it for real. The body of the hornworn was half brown and dead too. I plucked it off my banana pepper plant and tossed it into the yard. That was all for me and I have not seen it happen again since. I was just really thrilled to have read about it then see in for real myself too. I was happy to see another hornworn get destroyed hahaha
