Something Has Been Eating My Peppers!

06/30/2007 08:51:36 AM · #76

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

You guys and your soft spot for bugs... ;P

Although I do think it would be cool if you actually got to see him transform. I'm just not sure I'd be willing to sacrfice my peppers for him.

Aweee, Jason, how can you say no to a face like this?

LOL

06/30/2007 09:05:33 AM · #77

Originally posted by idnic:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:
You guys and your soft spot for bugs... ;P

Although I do think it would be cool if you actually got to see him transform. I'm just not sure I'd be willing to sacrfice my peppers for him.

Aweee, Jason, how can you say no to a face like this?

LOL

And if you do.... well, let's just say that Howard has friends...

DrAchoo

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

06/30/2007 11:36:58 AM · #78

Well, it's been a while since I've killed a bug in a photograph, but still, I killed about 200 ants while laying bricks around my lawn (came across a nest) and didn't think twice about it. At the same time, I tend to give bugs a chance to get out of my house before I kill them (they have to cooperate though getting on the piece of paper or whatever so I can transport them).

Well, I'm pulling for Howard, but I'm also sad for the peppers since I'm working hard at growing Serranos and don't have a single one yet (it's early). Who's sticking up for the plants?

06/30/2007 12:03:33 PM · #79

I'm pulling for the peppers, Jason.... but Howard is really cool to watch. I've upgraded the lil Howard Studio with a nice reflector under the plants lol

Now I'm trying to see how close I can get before it scares him and he stops eating. :)

sabphoto

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+

06/30/2007 02:30:02 PM · #80

very nice images cindi, I say try and give him his own plant and hopefully you can save the others, but I have to say if it was habanero pepper plants he was eatin on, he'd have to die a quick and possibly painful death. lol My first wife told me once that when she was little her parents would pay the kids for each tomato worm they pulled off the plants, then they (the kids) would sneek back out and put the worms back for next time lol.

fotomann_forever

06/30/2007 02:42:43 PM · #81

Originally posted by sabphoto:

then they (the kids) would sneek back out and put the worms back for next time lol.

SLICK! :-)

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

06/30/2007 04:31:28 PM · #82

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

That's about where I stand, too.
If they'll overrun (like ants) they're gone, otherwise they're gently put out and warned that it might not be a good idea to return :)

Okay, there ARE two exceptions; craneflies and earwigs. These, I can NOT abide!

loriprophoto

Canon EOS-20D

07/01/2007 08:23:55 AM · #83

Thanks BeeCee will have to try to find a pic of the real tomato worm and upgrade my captions LOL.

Cindi Howard is looking gorgeous. I am the same with bugs, even spiders which I am terrified of. As long as they arent in my bedroom they get put outside, subjected to a modelling asignment and then let to go on their way, same goes for the snakes we find around here. I can't kill anything.

The Monarch caterpillar feeds on the milkweed plant. When I first found one of these guys I did a search on the web and found out their story, it is quite interesting. The milkweed has a dreadful bitter taste which protects the caterpillars because they take on the bitter taste when they eat the plant and the birds etc. avoid them. Unfortunatley so many people cut down the milkweed plants in the farmlands etc and because of this the Monarch is finding it harder and harder to find plants for the hatching eggs to feed on. You like macros so you would love to photograph these bugs and the flowers that grow on the milkweed plant, they are very intricate. I have a few in my portfolio, I will get their references and post them. They are flowering here in Indiana right now, but going off a bit already because it has been so dry. I havent seen any caterpillars this year yet but have seen a few butterflies.

Keep us updated on Howard's progress.

loriprophoto

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

07/01/2007 08:33:09 AM · #84

Okay here are the milkweed bugs which are on the pods that you find on these plants too.

This is a fuller view of the plant and flowers.

This is a closeup of the flower

I wish I had a better macro set up but I bet you could get some great images of these flowers.

aliqui

Nikon D300s

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

07/01/2007 08:39:20 AM · #85

Originally posted by idnic:

The translucence of this photo reminds me of when I was a kid in our tomato patch. My mom used to bribe us with Slurpees to go out and pick the horned worms. It was one of those rare occassions where you get the reward before the chore. After we were finished with our Slurpees we'd go out, pluck the worms off the garden plants, and drop them in the cup. When we couldn't find any more worms we'd put the lid back on our cup and set it on a rock in the sun. After a couple days we'd go back out to throw away the cups and inside was nothing but liquid.

maxaz1

Canon PowerShot S5 IS

07/01/2007 09:15:10 AM · #86

This is my photo of a tomato hornworm - found it on my tomoato plant last summer. They ereally, really well - they just blend in. We played a little game with this one, pulling at a leaf in his mouth. He pulled back. We went back and forth like that for a while, and evenutally let him stay. I took my tomatos ands left him the leaves.

At the time, I identified it using this site. //www.whatsthatbug.com/tomato.html
Note that it is also called a tobacco sphinx, so everyone is right.
Check the buglove section on the site. I know you guys ("guys" used generically) will love it. And might even have a contribution or two.

Message edited by author 2007-07-01 13:18:43.

maxaz1

Canon PowerShot S5 IS

07/01/2007 09:19:25 AM · #87

Originally posted by aliqui:

Originally posted by idnic:

After a couple days we'd go back out to throw away the cups and inside was nothing but liquid.

ugh.

07/01/2007 09:26:56 AM · #88

So how's Howard today?

07/01/2007 12:02:01 PM · #89

Howard is great, still eating like MAD!! The pepper plants are suffering a bit, but he hasn't eaten them completely yet and they're starting to put out new leaves where he's eaten the tops off of the plants. Little bugger really moves around, I think he's taken a few bites from every single pepper plant I have.

He's getting rained on just now. :P

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

07/01/2007 12:07:38 PM · #90

You need a webcam on him so we can all tune in.

...and rename him to "Fat Bastard"

07/01/2007 12:08:46 PM · #91

Oh, as soon as the rain stops I should get some macros of him with water drops on him! :D

07/01/2007 12:09:11 PM · #92

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

You need a webcam on him so we can all tune in.

...and rename him to "Fat Bastard"

Hahahaaa That's his nickname! :D

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

07/01/2007 12:09:41 PM · #93

Better idea: When the rain stops (and the sun comes out), get a magnifying glass...

07/01/2007 12:13:00 PM · #94

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Better idea: When the rain stops (and the sun comes out), get a magnifying glass...

I bet you put duct tape on kittens, don't you?

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

07/01/2007 12:18:54 PM · #95

Originally posted by idnic:

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Better idea: When the rain stops (and the sun comes out), get a magnifying glass...

I bet you put duct tape on kittens, don't you?

Don't be ridiculous!

...but you're suggestion is noted for future reference. >:)

07/01/2007 01:10:25 PM · #96

Aweeee he loves my peppers!

07/01/2007 02:22:32 PM · #97

Originally posted by idnic:

Aweeee he loves my peppers!

One hour later.....

fotomann_forever

07/01/2007 02:46:40 PM · #98

So now Cindi has th ultimate stock collection of Howie Worm photos. That fat bastard probably made you a few grand in the next year or so :-)

07/01/2007 02:50:35 PM · #99

Hmmm.... maybe a line of Howard merchandise? Teeshirts, mousepads, coffee mugs?