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  1. Nature is pretty crazy. Today I discovered a giant green caterpillar on my tomato plant. It was covered in what looked like ovoid white eggs. My research suggests this is a Tomato Hornworm already found by its predator, a wasp whose hatchlings will consume it.

    I am leaving them alone to fight it out.

    #tomatoes #gardening #wasps #pests #caterpillars

  2. Nature is pretty crazy. Today I discovered a giant green caterpillar on my tomato plant. It was covered in what looked like ovoid white eggs. My research suggests this is a Tomato Hornworm already found by its predator, a wasp whose hatchlings will consume it.

    I am leaving them alone to fight it out.

    #tomatoes #gardening #wasps #pests #caterpillars

  3. Nature is pretty crazy. Today I discovered a giant green caterpillar on my tomato plant. It was covered in what looked like ovoid white eggs. My research suggests this is a Tomato Hornworm already found by its predator, a wasp whose hatchlings will consume it.

    I am leaving them alone to fight it out.

    #tomatoes #gardening #wasps #pests #caterpillars

  4. Nature is pretty crazy. Today I discovered a giant green caterpillar on my tomato plant. It was covered in what looked like ovoid white eggs. My research suggests this is a Tomato Hornworm already found by its predator, a wasp whose hatchlings will consume it.

    I am leaving them alone to fight it out.

    #tomatoes #gardening #wasps #pests #caterpillars

  5. Nature is pretty crazy. Today I discovered a giant green caterpillar on my tomato plant. It was covered in what looked like ovoid white eggs. My research suggests this is a Tomato Hornworm already found by its predator, a wasp whose hatchlings will consume it.

    I am leaving them alone to fight it out.

    #tomatoes #gardening #wasps #pests #caterpillars

  6. THEY DO WHAT?? 😮

    "Rice plants and share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."

    observed trapping and
    phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fal

  7. THEY DO WHAT?? 😮

    "Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."

    #Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
    phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fal

    #Science #ScienceNews #Discovery #Predators #Ambush #IAmDB

  8. THEY DO WHAT?? 😮

    "Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."

    #Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
    phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fal

    #Science #ScienceNews #Discovery #Predators #Ambush #IAmDB

  9. THEY DO WHAT?? 😮

    "Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."

    #Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
    phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fal

    #Science #ScienceNews #Discovery #Predators #Ambush #IAmDB

  10. THEY DO WHAT?? 😮

    "Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."

    #Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
    phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fal

    #Science #ScienceNews #Discovery #Predators #Ambush #IAmDB

  11. #Passionflower #vines are hosts to many species of #insect. #Bees harvest nectar and pollen, with the Zebra Longwing #Butterfly lays its eggs on the plant so its #caterpillars can feed on the plant’s leaves.
    In this #photograph, it’s possible to see a bee on the flower and a caterpillar in the background.
    Get a print or other merchandise at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/p

    #HostSpecies, #Passiflora, #ApisMelliflora, #ZebraLongwing, #HeliconiusCharithonia, #Flower, #FlowersOfMastodon, #Photography,

  12. #Passionflower #vines are hosts to many species of #insect. #Bees harvest nectar and pollen, with the Zebra Longwing #Butterfly lays its eggs on the plant so its #caterpillars can feed on the plant’s leaves.
    In this #photograph, it’s possible to see a bee on the flower and a caterpillar in the background.
    Get a print or other merchandise at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/p

    #HostSpecies, #Passiflora, #ApisMelliflora, #ZebraLongwing, #HeliconiusCharithonia, #Flower, #FlowersOfMastodon, #Photography,

  13. #Passionflower #vines are hosts to many species of #insect. #Bees harvest nectar and pollen, with the Zebra Longwing #Butterfly lays its eggs on the plant so its #caterpillars can feed on the plant’s leaves.
    In this #photograph, it’s possible to see a bee on the flower and a caterpillar in the background.
    Get a print or other merchandise at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/p

    #HostSpecies, #Passiflora, #ApisMelliflora, #ZebraLongwing, #HeliconiusCharithonia, #Flower, #FlowersOfMastodon, #Photography,

  14. #Passionflower #vines are hosts to many species of #insect. #Bees harvest nectar and pollen, with the Zebra Longwing #Butterfly lays its eggs on the plant so its #caterpillars can feed on the plant’s leaves.
    In this #photograph, it’s possible to see a bee on the flower and a caterpillar in the background.
    Get a print or other merchandise at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/p

    #HostSpecies, #Passiflora, #ApisMelliflora, #ZebraLongwing, #HeliconiusCharithonia, #Flower, #FlowersOfMastodon, #Photography,