Are wild hornworms toxic?

[Bano]

I found a couple of green hornworms on my jalapeno and cayenne pepper plants today. I remember reading that tomato hornworms are toxic, and I am curious to know if that's because they eat tomato leaves. Are they still toxic if they come off of a jalapeno? I live in San Diego county, so if the local hornworms are poison, please let me know. Thanks!

 

[poison]

I found a couple of green hornworms on my jalapeno and cayenne pepper plants today. I remember reading that tomato hornworms are toxic, and I am curious to know if that's because they eat tomato leaves. Are they still toxic if they come off of a jalapeno? I live in San Diego county, so if the local hornworms are poison, please let me know. Thanks!

horned worms in san diego? i live in sd too and ive never seen wild horned worms. can you take a pic?

 

[camimom]

I wouldnt risk it. just because you got them off a jalepeno plant, doesnt mean they werent previously munching on a tomato plant.


but what you can do is keep them, feed them mulberry leaves and breed them. that way yo uknow thye are safer.

 

[pssh]

All of the related plants are toxic. Peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco, and egg plants.

 

[Hoj]

Potatoes and peppers are toxic? I thought peppers were a decent gut load and crickets always come with potatoes?? Just curius

 

[christinecollins87]

i would rick it because someone could have spayed insecticide and that can be very harm full

 

[reptilover]

Capture them and breed.toxins out. Potatoes arnt.toxic. but very starchy and not good

 

[Bano]

Thanks for all of the info! I just found out that my sd card reader is outdated by my sd card, and it cannot read it, so no pics yet.

I had no idea that tomatos and peppers were in the same family! and it's the leaves that are toxic, not the parts we eat, so crickets are fine eating the potato itself.

If I just feed these guys mulberry leaves, they'll be fine? I'm gonna go check a hornworm breeding post in a sec, but are the fruitless mulberry tree leaves ok to use?

 

[camimom]

Thanks for all of the info! I just found out that my sd card reader is outdated by my sd card, and it cannot read it, so no pics yet.

I had no idea that tomatos and peppers were in the same family! and it's the leaves that are toxic, not the parts we eat, so crickets are fine eating the potato itself.

If I just feed these guys mulberry leaves, they'll be fine? I'm gonna go check a hornworm breeding post in a sec, but are the fruitless mulberry tree leaves ok to use?

I would feed mulbery leaves for at least a week before even thinking about feeding off.

personally, I would just feed them, and then breed them, then feed the offspring off.

 

[pssh]

Yeah, sorry. I mean the plant part, not the fruit. Under ripe fruit could also cause issues (in both humans and animals.)

 

[SSimsswiSS]

Yeah, potato plant leaves toxic. As in pepper leaves, and tomatoe leaves, etc.. I just imagined a hornworm the size and shape of a potato, after eating one.

 

[Bano]

Ok, when I find a freaking tomato plant, I'm gonna catch and breed these suckers! I'm sure they'll have one at Home Depot or Lowes, I just have to get over there. Wal Mart failed me...

Thank you all again for the advice and information!

 

[reptilover]

Wal Mart failed me...

Is this new? lol.

Catch em breed em sell them to me cheap.. ready GO!