[CH] Wasp
Byron (byronbromley@tellink.net)
Sun, 08 Aug 2004 20:09:49 -0400
JohnT
It's the largest of Parasitic wasps that I have seen, If you spread the tail out it would probably be roughly 3" long. Everyone that I have seen is about 1/2" long
When flying it reminds be of a fishhook (4/0 w/o bait) going thru the air.
Congrats on going organic, It might take 3 to 5 years to get all the residuals out and get all the beneficials back. Bees and Dragonflies are real sensitive to pesticides.
L.B.
Nice picture Byron. It looks rather large. Is it?
Haven't seen a single hornworm yet this year. Very unusual. And only saw one moth, but didn't get an exact ID as to tobacco or tomato.
In fact there have been very few insect pests this year (except a few grasshoppers) compared to other years. Unfortunately, absolutely no bees either. I don't use pesticides anymore, so don't know why. Even saw the first leopard frog in maybe 10 years hop through my pepper patch.
JohnT