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scashaggy
10-15-2014, 03:26 PM
Looking at my passion vine today I noticed this:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/scashaggy/7b3affa0-5558-418c-a172-8be8925349cc.jpg

What can I do?

Can I spray one of these home made concoctions on the plant to keep them away?

Anyone else have this problem?

Thanks.

cincinnana
10-15-2014, 03:54 PM
:08:Looking at my passion vine today I noticed this:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/scashaggy/7b3affa0-5558-418c-a172-8be8925349cc.jpg

What can I do?
Can I spray one of these home made concoctions on the plant to keep them away?
Anyone else have this problem?
Thanks.

Passion vines are a host plant to a few butterflies.
Many people plant passion vines just to sacrifice because they like the butterflies they attract.
I plant Milkweed and Aristolochia because they are hosts to Monarchs and Swallowtails and the caterpillars love them.

It look you have a nice batch of Gulf Fritillary larvae which is a cool little butterfly that loves your plant.:08:

If you do not like them them spray them with whatever you have on hand.
Any concoction will work......even a magnifying glass which will improve your hand eye coordination:ha:

Or you may cull all but two and watch the transformation progress........at the expense of a few more leaves of course.
Gulf fritillary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_fritillary)

merce3
10-15-2014, 07:20 PM
^thanks. i had one destroy my passionfruit seedling.

bananimal
10-15-2014, 07:34 PM
I quit growing these guys when the gulf frits descended on me. That and the runners that showed up 50 ft from the source. I have enough critts to contend with. Today I'm finally P fruit free.:woohoonaner:

Bob3
10-16-2014, 02:00 PM
Here ya go:
http://www.bananas.org/f313/home-brew-inscetiscide-tobacco-13583.html#post159982

from the sea
10-16-2014, 02:17 PM
the wasps take care of them at my house, cool to watch one of them wasp fly away with one.
but i would think thuricide would work

wolfyhound
10-16-2014, 06:09 PM
I just had them on one of my vines. I let them eat. It only seemed like a few days and the vine will recover. And I get awesome butterflies!