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Catepillar on my tomatoes - good guys or bad guys?

Posted by njmomma z6 NJ (My Page) on
Sun, Jul 11, 10 at 19:31

Found these 2 big guys munching on my cherry tomatoes. They are about 4 inches long. Can someone ID them for me?
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RE: Catepillar on my tomatoes - good guys or bad guys?

  • Posted by jean001 z8aPortland, OR (My Page) on
    Sun, Jul 11, 10 at 23:36

Well, you've already learned from your other threads w/these same pictures that that's the tobacco hornworm. Eats huge amounts of leaves. At the size it is, will soon shift into becoming an adult moth.


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RE: Catepillar on my tomatoes - good guys or bad guys?

Squish 'em!!!!


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