[CH] Big Dang Caterpillar
Michelle DeWitt (michelle@wildpepper.com)
Wed, 05 Jul 2000 21:19:18 -0600
I was out to survey the treasures today. Haven't had to water in weeks,
it seems, with all the rain. I FINALLY have fingertip sized peppers and
tomatoes starting. Yeah!
I was checking out the Rocotos. They are really beautiful plants. Then I
noticed that one has a lot of leaves missing. In fact, one plant in
particular, has a lot of naked stems sticking out, even though the plant
looks healthy otherwise. I looked a little closer and there was the
biggest, greenest, Rocoto drunkened caterpillar I've ever seen. I picked
him off with a paper towel and he just leaned back like he was asleep,
full to the caterpillar gills with Rocoto leaves. He looked like one of
those guys from the "Bugs Life" movie.
He was too fat to smash so I flushed him. What else was I supposed to
do? He should have just stepped away from the pepper plants.
Michelle in KC