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Thu, Jun 23, 05 at 12:08
| The tomato plant's lower stem turned brown within 6 inches of the soil level and the brown portion is hollow with a black bug inside. It almost looks like it is in a cocoon. Most likely it is the larvae of something. It does not appear to be a stalk borer based on what I've read. All help is appreciated. --- Ed |
Image link: Bug in hollow tomato stem (55 k)
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- Posted by donaldspencer1904 z7 NJ (dspencer@comcast.net) on Wed, Jun 29, 05 at 10:17
| hope you get a response, i just had to cut down two plants today, with the same bug in the stem |
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- Posted by donaldspencer1904 z7 NJ (dspencer@comcast.net) on Wed, Jun 29, 05 at 12:19
| could it be a Squash Vine Borer? I disturbed a little bug when I cut down one of my damaged plants this morning, it was small, black and red/orange colored, at first, I thought it was an ant. here's a picture of it http://vegedge.umn.edu/IMG/vinbor.JPG http://vegedge.umn.edu/vegpest/CUCS/vinebor.htm |
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- Posted by raisemybeds SouthernCT (My Page) on Wed, Jun 29, 05 at 18:31
| As far as I am aware, SVBs do not bother tomatoes, just curcurbits. If they did bother tomatoes, I would have given up growing them years ago because I have a big SVB problem over here every season. I will stay tuned to see if you get a good diagnosis because I have never heard of larva infesting tomato stems. |
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