Well, if it's eating the leaves -- most the holes I see are old damage -- it deserves to die! So flick any you find into slightly soapy water.

So... I ordered a jug of the spinosad to try to get rid of the critters. But there were a handful of things that kept me from putting it on. The main issue is that it only works by direct contact, and from the undersides of the leaves, and the way our plants were (so poorly) set up, achieving this was virtually impossible. We opted to just be patient, because no matter when we actually inspected our plants, these critters were nowhere to be found... EXCEPT in the bottom of our swimming pool. There is still a goodly amount of leaf damage near the soil, but only about about 10% of the tomatoes are inedible because of damage. Another 10% have one tiny hole, and no other signs of ickyness. The rest are beautiful and perfect and we've been enjoying fresh tomatoes every day. For our first real growing season, I'm willing to call this a success. (Especially since, if I'm totally honest, I don't even like tomatoes except for cooking. They're for my daughter & grandmother. The biggest hit are the Sugary Cherry Toms.) In other failures: I think we left our corn (Silver Queen) too long, and by the time we decided to try it out (the ears were so tiny), it was past its prime. I'm guessing a lack of fertilizer stunted the size of the ears, and they ended up pretty gross. Great successes, though, too! Our squash & zucchini were absolutely prolific and beautiful without any maintenance besides frequent picking! (Sunburst, Contender, Enterprise.) Also, a beautiful honeydew-type melon, Snowmass, I think, were the most delicious I've ever had. We started three from seed, not knowing how much room they'd need, and ended up with about 6 melons altogether. :) We're still waiting for any pepper action. I think something might be wrong (but last year's peppers didn't start really getting good until September). Also, we have an enormous tomatillo that popped up in the box where I thought I'd planted peppers. Strange, since we planted tomatillo last summer that didn't produce any fruit, and this one is gigantic and covered with immature fruit. Prolly TMI, but I wanted a record for myself as well... to look back and say, "Geez, I really had no idea what I was doing back then."

Groundhog damage sounds like to me, if no deer around. Squirrels usually just go for the fruit. Any sign of rat droppings? They will eat most of the plant. If you are living in town the choices are usually narrowed than for those of us out in the country. Dave

Wow, I never thought about a plant cam, too funny! I found a half eaten tomato and lots of droppings and posted pics in another thread; and with helpful suggestions there, I found out it's hornworms or catepillars. Had I looked closer at the picture above I would have known right away....but the good news is, I think I've gotten rid of all of them and have beautiful tomatoes ripening! Yay!