Raising Tomato Hornworm
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are these tomato hornworms, or a tobacco hornworms?
Comments (9)Having trouble keeping the two hornworms straight? I recently heard this tall tale and will never forget which is which again: The tobacco hornworm likes to smoke tobacco products so much that he has cigarette shaped markings on his side (the straight diagonal lines). The tomato hornworm does not like tobacco....maybe is even an ex-smoker. He has broken cigarettes (V shaped markings) adorning his sides. I've found lots of these caterpillers on tomatoes and a few on potatoes, but never found any on the nearby peppers even though all three are favorite foods. After seeing what's left of your pepper, I'm glad they never made it to my peppers. Tomatoes always grow much quicker for me and still stand a chance after the hornworms. The peppers would probably be done for the year....See MoreRaising Tomato Hornworms... how?
Comments (11)i have been to so cal over the summer and raised hornworms there. you don't need to refrigerate them but you should keep them in a big terrarium with damp soil and they will be able to pupate there. make sure you keep them in a cool place (not too cold, just cool). also, they like to bury to pupate so i would recommend to keep them in a terrarium with a lot of soil as caterpillars so they can pupate under ground. thats better than burying them once they have pupated....See Moreattack of the tomato hornworms-yikes
Comments (0)Well we went outside to check the vegetable garden beds last night...we've got alot of tomato plants growing,etc...and much to my surprise about 3-4 plants were eaten alive by those ------ tomato hornworms. My husband had never seen one before (where has he been living, I wondered???)...anyway I proceeded to use clippers and cut these sweet little devils off of my plants. Must have cut in half at least 15 of them. Tonight there were only 4 or five. I still have tomato plants (LOL) and tomatoes. The hot tropic tomatoes I planted in the next raised bed with the silver reflective mulch had no worms on them (the silver mulch does work!!)...I had read to use it because it confuses the insects and birds too. Next year I will use it on all of the beds....See MoreAnyone here seeing any true tomato hornworms?
Comments (45)Logan, if you still have those caterpillars, please find an alternate host plant for them. They are increasingly rare in central oklahoma. If you have any weeds in the nighshade family or have puncturevine or goathead stickers, relocate the cats to those plants. Tobacco hornworms love puncturevine and by orienting them to this grossly noxious weed, the resulting moths wil be more likely to be imprinted to the plant, too. Biological control!...See MoreKC Clark - Zone 2012-6a OH
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