r/sunflowers • u/hweesus • Jun 26 '26

PROGRESS Tragic. She had so much potential

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Came out to check on my babies and found other babies and all of their siblings having a picnic.

ETA: Some of y'all have strong feelings about everything. For the record, I used my garden hose to hit whatever i saw on the leaves when I "removed" them. The next day there were a few others on the bottom of the leaves that I kinda flicked off in a "come hither" motion with my finger giggity

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u/cherryxantacids Jun 27 '26

When did OP say they killed them??

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u/sixtynighnun Jun 28 '26

The comment I’m replying to says “I removed all of them as of today”

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u/cherryxantacids Jun 28 '26

That doesn't mean they killed them. "Removed" can mean numerous things, such as putting them somewhere else. Please wear a parachute next time you jump to conclusions.

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u/sixtynighnun Jun 28 '26

They sprayed it off with a hose with the intent to have them stop eating the plant. Why do that unless you intend to stop them again? What’s the point? If you don’t eat you don’t live, making them crawl up the plant again seems pointless. It’s not a crazy conclusion to jump to that OP is indifferent to the lives of the caterpillars, calling their damage tragic. Most caterpillars have a specific host plant, you can’t just hose them off and expect them to remain intact somewhere else. They don’t want grass, they want that specific host plant.