So, being the wonderful son that I am, I bought my Mom, among other things, some Golden Helga Garden Mums for her birthday, which was Tuesday. They're flowers, for the laypeople reading. So, everything's cool, she's been watering them everyday, giving them sun. After she leaves to run some errands today, I go to get something from the kitchen and I see a big white ball of fluff. I'm thinking it's a dandelion of some sort, but upon closer inspection, it's a gigantic caterpillar.
Fast-forward a little while, she comes home and I show her. We decide to call up the florist where I bought it and see if it's harmful, since Wikipedia failed me, and upon telling the florist that it was a big white caterpillar, he promptly screamed "KILL IT!" He calmed down a bit and told us it's a tomato bug, and that it's extremely dangerous and WILL bite, so we need rubber gloves, a tin can and some lighter fluid, to burn the little bastard. I wouldn't normally advocate it, I'd rather set him free in his natural habitat, but apparently, he's a dangerous predator and must be exterminated. We're supposed to check the plant for small eggs, and we're seeing a ton of them, so we're going to hit up the florist and have him check the plant for us, since we don't trust ourselves with the task of exterminating such a threat to our American Freedom!
I'll keep everyone on CAG updated thoughout the whole ordeal with pictures and movies! And before anyone complains, I've seen much worse posted in terms of topics, so shush. :lol:
Fast-forward a little while, she comes home and I show her. We decide to call up the florist where I bought it and see if it's harmful, since Wikipedia failed me, and upon telling the florist that it was a big white caterpillar, he promptly screamed "KILL IT!" He calmed down a bit and told us it's a tomato bug, and that it's extremely dangerous and WILL bite, so we need rubber gloves, a tin can and some lighter fluid, to burn the little bastard. I wouldn't normally advocate it, I'd rather set him free in his natural habitat, but apparently, he's a dangerous predator and must be exterminated. We're supposed to check the plant for small eggs, and we're seeing a ton of them, so we're going to hit up the florist and have him check the plant for us, since we don't trust ourselves with the task of exterminating such a threat to our American Freedom!
I'll keep everyone on CAG updated thoughout the whole ordeal with pictures and movies! And before anyone complains, I've seen much worse posted in terms of topics, so shush. :lol:
er in the backyard!