Love2Troll wrote: > OK, not on planet Arrakis, but right here in Missery. So irritating as the pod was in a large tulle blossom bag and this C. pubescens from Guatemala is one I particularly want to save pure seeds. > > http://www.fototime.com/D1C47EB5E7F50D1/orig.jpg From the tiny spots on the segments I'd say you have a European Corn Borer - although what one of them is doing on a chile plant - I dunno. Perhaps it has changed religion to that of the Mystic Fire Priest. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/Sangamon-menard/ag_articles/ag_photos/European%2520Corn%2520Borer(Measure).jpg&imgrefurl=http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/Sangamon-menard/ag_articles/ag_photos/Ag_Photos_page.htm&h=480&w=640&sz=83&tbnid=eHWAQ4XHLyIJ:&tbnh=101&tbnw=134&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcorn%2Bborer%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG From right in my own back yard - Sangamon County, Chillinois -- ENJOY!!! -------- UNCLE DIRTY DAVE'S KITCHEN -- Home of Yaaaaa Hooooo Aaahhh!!! HOT SAUCE and Hardin Cider Great American Outback .___ \ |, / | ( * | \ ; \_/ ... Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. --P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian