Nasty hornworms
ditnc
13 years ago
This morning the top third to one half of one of my Cherokee Purples was defoliated. I could see green poop and knew immediately what it was. Sure enough, I found two monster tobacco hornworms and a few babies. I have a dwarf tomato next to it and it had about the top fourth eaten off and another big adult and baby.
They're so digusting! I can't squish them, and they didn't have any parasitic wasp things on them, so I put them in a cup of bleach. One is trying to fight his way out.
Fingers crossed I got them all. I'll need to watch them like a hawk. They work so darned fast.
catman529
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