Today was a harvest day for my tomato plants. I've been growing tomatoes for a while now to try out gardening. I've been loving it so far! I have three plants that grow a lot of tomatoes. But today I noticed on one plant some of the tomatoes were eaten up! A bug was having a good snack before a well rested sleep. This bug I discovered is a Tomato Hornworm!
Looks like I need to get rid of this little fella before it eats everything!!!!
https://www.thespruce.com/identifying-and-controlling-tomato-hornworms-2539845
The tomato hornworm represents the larval stage of the hawk or sphinx moth, also known as hummingbird moths. The moths overwinter in the soil as dark brown pupae, then emerge and mate in late spring. They lay their eggs, which are round and greenish-white, on the undersides of leaves.
Find them and kill them lol. Upvote! Resteem! And Keep Following me @deliverance
That's definitely a big bug! I haven't had problems with them yet, but it could happen. Lately I've been having problems with aphids on my pepper plants. Those things are a pain in the butt!
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Very good photos, thank you for sharing!
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Jesus I thought that thing was a caterpillar!
Great photos! Enjoy the tomato's :D
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A blend of garlic, insecticidal soap, and cayenne pepper diluted with water is what an organic gardener pal of mine uses to spray the plants with, and deter these ferocious eaters ! They also LOVE dill, so you might plant a container of dill nearby to attract them to that and discourage the tomato snacking. These rascals are enthusiastic eaters, for sure !!! Thanks for the post !!! Happy harvesting !!
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