another tomato horn worm question

[WhiteTara]

I have a second flush of tomatoes on the vines, but they will most likely (almost certainly) not ripen before the first frost. I have a family of worms feeding on a tomato plant and I was thinking of letting them cocoon and make the hummingbird moth.

So, here's the question. Am I a total fool (making my own enemy for next summer) or is this the right thing to do for the natural way of things?

[beac]

1. I'm gonna go with fool.

:)

Sorry, but I'm guessing you'll still have plenty of those icky creatures around next year w/out encouraging them. I may be slightly PTSD from picking over two dozen of the little buggers of my Nicotiana plants in one day (in a 1'X2' space, mind you) but I can't see letting them get another foothold if you can help it.

Death to Hornworms!


;)

[XemaSab]

2. If you want a somewhat entertaining project

get a fishbowl and put a few inches of soil in the bottom.

Get your hornworms and put them in the fishbowl.

Feed them corn flakes until they pupate. (Yes, corn flakes... their mandibles will get HUGE.)

Free the moths next year when they hatch. :D