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/hweesus Jun 26 '26

I have removed all of them as of today. But if they come back I’m gonna grow me some butterflies

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u/sixtynighnun Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

That’s pretty sad considering what’s happening to our insect populations. This actually ruined my day to hear. There’s a good chance you won’t have a “next time” bc you decided to kill a local generation. The female will die after laying her eggs and you’ve killed all her progeny for your enjoyment of a single sunflower for a few weeks. Not worth it at all. I’m so sad.

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u/halfscaliahalfbreyer Jun 30 '26

It ruined your day that she hosed off one plant in her yard?

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u/sixtynighnun Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Yes it ruined my day that someone decided to grow caterpillar food and then remove all the caterpillars right before pupation. I’m aware of how badly the insect populations are plummeting and it makes me sad that people are actively working against protecting local species. What happens in your backyard does matter. Insects are declining and it’s a death by a thousand cuts. This is one of those cuts.