First time I found one I laughed til I cried because all I could think of was the character from Alice in Wonderland, the caterpillar smoking hash on a leaf with all his shoes….
I like Bacillus Thurengiensis. This powder is a bacteria that, when dusted onto a plant, stops hornworms at their first bite, and in a few hours they are dead. This bacteria is completely harmless to people. You could sprinkle it on your breakfast cereal without ill effect.
My husband isn’t planting tomatoes this year. It’s pointless since the deer even jumped the electrified fence to eat them last year. The farmer’s market is looking pretty good.
Why is it that educated, liberated, chocolate eating, 21st Century women that demand to serve in military combat units still need a man to deal with an insect?
Please don’t kill the bright green and black with yellow spots caterpillars. they are the offspring of Black Swallowtail butterflies. They love parsley and carrot tops – plant some- not too late.
Dog, I hate those things. I am out in the beds every day checking and clearing them out when I find them. But, that’s what tending a garden is all about. That and homemade spaghetti sauce, tomato soup and other things along with just great tomatoes.
My grandmother would go out in the late evening (when it was just getting dark) with a pair of scissors and snip every hornworm she could see. Worked pretty well, so that’s basically what I did when grown and gardening – I loved fresh tomatoes.
Last year I enjoyed pulling them off what remained of the tomato plants and flinging them in random directions, including the roof. I figured they might return, might decide to molt, might find some other meal, but wouldn’t be back soon.
Charliegirl Premium Member about 6 years ago
Yes, they ARE that big!!
Ratbrat about 6 years ago
Those things are some ugly.
AlanM about 6 years ago
Well, they’re even. He calls her for spiders.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 6 years ago
Potato bugs are even bigger.
About six feet long…..
no, maybe ten.
I really don’t stick around to measure them.
Ontman about 6 years ago
Some wasps lay their eggs on the tomato worm. Not a pretty sight.
Tyge Premium Member about 6 years ago
♬It’s so nice to have a man around the house…♬
knittyditty about 6 years ago
First time I found one I laughed til I cried because all I could think of was the character from Alice in Wonderland, the caterpillar smoking hash on a leaf with all his shoes….
mjb515 about 6 years ago
You cab also hear them chewing before you see them.
PoodleGroomer about 6 years ago
Tomato or tobacco worm?
Fontessa about 6 years ago
Gah! I hate tomato worms!
jamescordeiro about 6 years ago
I know that feeling. I absolutely HATE seeing them.
nosirrom about 6 years ago
Which is worse, Tomato worm of Ear worm?
Crandlemire about 6 years ago
Tomato Hornworm actually!
ARLOS DAD about 6 years ago
Garden spiders are the worst!
fuzzbucket Premium Member about 6 years ago
I like Bacillus Thurengiensis. This powder is a bacteria that, when dusted onto a plant, stops hornworms at their first bite, and in a few hours they are dead. This bacteria is completely harmless to people. You could sprinkle it on your breakfast cereal without ill effect.
Grutzi about 6 years ago
My husband isn’t planting tomatoes this year. It’s pointless since the deer even jumped the electrified fence to eat them last year. The farmer’s market is looking pretty good.
John Smith about 6 years ago
Why is it that educated, liberated, chocolate eating, 21st Century women that demand to serve in military combat units still need a man to deal with an insect?
JohnHarry Premium Member about 6 years ago
Please don’t kill the bright green and black with yellow spots caterpillars. they are the offspring of Black Swallowtail butterflies. They love parsley and carrot tops – plant some- not too late.
Teto85 Premium Member about 6 years ago
Dog, I hate those things. I am out in the beds every day checking and clearing them out when I find them. But, that’s what tending a garden is all about. That and homemade spaghetti sauce, tomato soup and other things along with just great tomatoes.
Ushindi about 6 years ago
My grandmother would go out in the late evening (when it was just getting dark) with a pair of scissors and snip every hornworm she could see. Worked pretty well, so that’s basically what I did when grown and gardening – I loved fresh tomatoes.
David Huie Green PrepareBeforeOrRegretLater about 6 years ago
Last year I enjoyed pulling them off what remained of the tomato plants and flinging them in random directions, including the roof. I figured they might return, might decide to molt, might find some other meal, but wouldn’t be back soon.