Well, I don't share with Tomato Hornworm Moth caterpillars!!! I found this one chomping on my tomato plant this morning. They are so hard to see. I thought I had taken care of the problem and then I found another one this afternoon! They ate a lot of leaves and chewed on four tomatoes.
You should keep it and take photos of the pupa like a purse with handle and the hawk moth! The first time I grew tomatoes and saw one I jumped! But then I captured it and took it to school! Haha
I gave it a tomato and leaves from my plant...it only ate a few days tops and then pupated. But when I have raised these from eggs bought on Internet I order this "cookie dough " mush food for them....did you see my pics I posted of them in albums two and three a while back? They were from 2008 but was showing someone....
@yonnie Thank you! I saw the missing leaves first, so I started looking for it. This one was easier to find than the second one. The second one was underneath some leaves.
Nasty buggers that's for sure. The only good tomato worm is a dead tomato worm. I had some on my plants last year. This year, Knock on wood, I haven't seen any yet. http://365project.org/webfoot/365/2011-09-18
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