Post by BuckSkin on Aug 13, 2022 3:32:51 GMT
Well....., sorry....., but I'm fixin' to change that.....
Tuesday_09-Aug-2022
Corn Ear Worm (Helicoverpa zea)
One of the wife's co-workers gave her some fresh corn from their garden.
They must practice organic gardening; I shucked back a dozen ears of corn and there was one of these in every ear.
You never see this in the silage corn we chop every year; those boys lay the good dope to it and you don't have this nonsense.
That dude is a good inch-and-a-half long.
The slimy brown-gravy soup that saturates everything in there, including the silks, is Caterpillar excrement from where the Caterpillar has devoured all of his siblings.
They will not tolerate more than a single Caterpillar and one will eat the others.
You can cut this mess off and try and make yourself believe the rest is fine; you can have my part.
This is why you buy corn-on-the-cob at the grocery and the silk ends have been neatly cut off = they do that to cut away evidence of these nasty worms.
You can learn all about them at Wikipedia and it is well worth a read.
Bear in mind...., the worm end of the ear is pointing up when on the stalk; ... remember, we learned about gravity back in grammar school.
Tuesday_09-Aug-2022
Corn Ear Worm (Helicoverpa zea)
One of the wife's co-workers gave her some fresh corn from their garden.
They must practice organic gardening; I shucked back a dozen ears of corn and there was one of these in every ear.
You never see this in the silage corn we chop every year; those boys lay the good dope to it and you don't have this nonsense.
That dude is a good inch-and-a-half long.
The slimy brown-gravy soup that saturates everything in there, including the silks, is Caterpillar excrement from where the Caterpillar has devoured all of his siblings.
They will not tolerate more than a single Caterpillar and one will eat the others.
You can cut this mess off and try and make yourself believe the rest is fine; you can have my part.
This is why you buy corn-on-the-cob at the grocery and the silk ends have been neatly cut off = they do that to cut away evidence of these nasty worms.
You can learn all about them at Wikipedia and it is well worth a read.
Bear in mind...., the worm end of the ear is pointing up when on the stalk; ... remember, we learned about gravity back in grammar school.
