Found on bee balm, close to tomatoes, so I don’t want to assume this thing is harmless… Shall i detain him?
Looks like it might be a Cotton Bollworm…foe.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicoverpa_armigera
Thanks Wendy. “Aggressive” adjective sounds right — he got away. I will hunt for him later this evening; also ordered some BT which we might use if manual removal is not sufficient… https://www.planetnatural.com/product/monterey-bt-kurstaki-bt-k/
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Looks like it might be a Cotton Bollworm…foe.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicoverpa_armigera
Thanks Wendy. “Aggressive” adjective sounds right — he got away. I will hunt for him later this evening; also ordered some BT which we might use if manual removal is not sufficient… https://www.planetnatural.com/product/monterey-bt-kurstaki-bt-k/