Bubba nodded when Kallick introduced himself. He then looked at the hands who were there on that second day and shook his head. Most looked as if they were not going to last the second day. Many were stooped over from all the bending they did the previous day.
He responded to the Dorin's question, "Them there critters are Humming Moths. They look kinda pretty and sing a nice tune but they gonna cost ya more'n half ya plants, 'less ya keep afta them. They been holed up fer the winter. Right now they not eat'n much 'cause the He Moths and the She Moths wanna make whoopee. The He Moths gonna have so much fun with lots of She Moths that they gonna die from it, but they sure gonna die happy. After the She Moths finish messin' around with the He Moths, they gonna eat some tobacco leaves but not much. Then after a bit, they gonna lay eggs on the under side of the tobacco leaves and then die. "In a few cycles the eggs gonna hatch lots of Hornworms, more hornworms than one can count. They so small that they hard to see, same color as tobacco leaves. Then they eat and eat and eat. In two or three cycles they get almost two centimeters long. Take a lotta tobacco leaf ta make dem dat big.
"Now do ya see that ya got big trouble flying around here and ya gonna get a lot more of dem soon as more get a smell of ya plants."
There was a self satisfied grin on Bubba's face after he finished his talk. He was pretty sure he convinced the Dorin that there was big, big trouble ahead and indeed that was true.
