Tobacco Budworm Moth
Heliothisvirescens
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Scottsdale, Arizona
Ceres, California
Hayward, California
San Jose, California
Sunnyvale, California
Tulare, California
Fort George G Meade, Maryland
Billerica, Massachusetts
Congers, New York
Albany, Oregon
Millersburg, Oregon
Georgetown, South Carolina
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Gardener's Notes:
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lori_k
Tulare, CA (Zone 9a) |
October 2013 |
Negative
Ravenous caterpillar creatures that love my geraniums and petunias, completely destroying them if not controlled. They leave tiny black droppings under potted plants - a sure sign the plants are infested.
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dballesty
Congers, NY (Zone 6b) |
June 2013 |
Negative
Starting in June a small white butterfly lays an egg in rose buds, geranium buds and petunia buds, from which small worms emerge by eating their way out thereby destroying many of the flowers.
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tashmoore
Fort George G Meade, MD |
March 2009 |
Negative
also eats rosebuds.
The color of the catapiller will vary depending on what color flower it has been eating, pink or purple is supposidly from eating red flowers.
The color of the catapiller will vary depending on what color flower it has been eating, pink or purple is supposidly from eating red flowers.