Tomato Hornworms

September 19, 2009 at 18:08 · Filed under Bugs and Pests, Seeds and Plants

I was Mowing the yard today and as I rode by the garden I noticed the three tomato plants that lived thru the drought had the top 10 inches or so stripped of it’s leaves!

Tomato Plants Stripped of it's leaves

As I Inspected further I found the culprit, Tomato Hornworms , and there was quite a few of them. The more I looked into the plant ,the more catapillars I saw.

Tomato Hornworm on the Vine

Another one on the bush

They are colorful bugs, but they sure can do some damage, I was just looking at the tomatoes day before yesterday and I didn’t have any damage then, They work fast!

I pulled these off the plants, the chickens get them after the photo session.

So now I’m off to the web to find the best way to deal with these green devils, I will fill you in with the research when I find it, Till then …Good Gardening to ya!