I’d like to know too. That’s usually how I determine signs of young hornworms before they get big and destroy the plant but I’ve had a few leaves with only small holes eaten in them and no sign of anything on the plant. To my knowledge the moths don’t eat leaves. It’s possible there may have been a hornworm or something like it and something else got it before I saw it. I had a whole bunch of small tree frogs on my basil the other night which occasionally gets cutworms on it so maybe they eat worms and caterpillars.
I don’t worry when I see leaf damage and find the little hornworm. I worry when I see leaf damage and I can’t find one lol.
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I’d like to know too. That’s usually how I determine signs of young hornworms before they get big and destroy the plant but I’ve had a few leaves with only small holes eaten in them and no sign of anything on the plant. To my knowledge the moths don’t eat leaves. It’s possible there may have been a hornworm or something like it and something else got it before I saw it. I had a whole bunch of small tree frogs on my basil the other night which occasionally gets cutworms on it so maybe they eat worms and caterpillars.
I don’t worry when I see leaf damage and find the little hornworm. I worry when I see leaf damage and I can’t find one lol.