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lorne

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My outdoor plants have been doing really good. When i started to harvest I started seeing what looked like mold but while looking further I found orange worms in my buds. They have been coming up the inside of the stems. Where didt hey come from and does anybody know what caused them.
 
i know the buds are rotting but what caused the worms. They are coming up the inside of the stock .They are orange and about one quarter inch long. I have also seen them inside the stock itself.
 
I'm not sure if they were hatching from eggs laid by butterflies or caterpillars or something similar I don't know enough about em that even if I saw it I would know where it came from. I put the link for the bug article so you can compare it to pictures in the article and maybe the ones you have will be in there. I've looked through a couple articles about bugs but I just don't have enough information about yours or knowledge of bugs in general to be of more help. I can only point you to the article, it does talk about bugs n bud rot in the top link the other is about rot only to help you with getting rid of em
 
Yikes, as these guys have commented, you've got caterpillars. They commonly lead to bud rot. Are you going indoor or outdoor? It's not uncommon outdoors and MeEasy is guessing exactly what I would as far as them coming in from moths eggs or if you are indeed outdoors, do you have tall trees above or near the plants? They can also come down from there. Do inspect the rest of your plants, often time you can see little poops on the leaf and that clues you into activity.
 
I have not seen any bugs or worms on the outside of these plants. These worms have come from the inside and it is really depressing. It looks like I am going to be throwing out 4 plants that are eight feet high with really nice looking buds.
 
Don't do that! I'm sure there is plenty that can be salvaged. They come from moths and butterflies that (usually) lay a single egg in the top of a plant, if that plant happens to be flowering, the egg will become encased in the growing bud and when it hatches it has no choice but to eat from inside out. When they get laid on vegging plants, once again they start eating where they are born and tend to top young plants. They prefer leaf material so if they hatch with tiny new growth it gets mowed down (topped) and they move on downward. If the plant has grown enough, they'll usually eat the young branch (still tiny and juicy) growing from the node they're born in then head out onto the leaf.

They're born tiny and grow fast, doing nothing but eating and molting for weeks before beginning pupation. They can cause a lot of damage but are the easiest pest to deal with after the fungus gnat since they aren't microscopic and there tends to only be one per plant.
 
I've only ever had four caterpillars growing indoors before. So maybe your whole crop isn't a goner. Look them over but, you'll likely still end up with some good smoke.
 
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