This morning as I was picking some lovely tomatoes from my garden when I spied a green caterpillar-looking creature eating the tender new leaves of a tomato plant. The critters can be seen in this photo I took. They are in the upper middle to left of the photo. After consulting my sister (a more experienced gardener than myself), I determined they are tobacco hornworms. My sister said to remove them and squish them, which I did. And there were LOTS of them, too.
Tobacco hornworms and their relative, tomato hornworms, can decimate a plant in short order, so I will be checking for more each day for the rest of the season. To learn more about Tobacco Hornworms, visit this website:
http://growyourtomatoes.com/hornworm.html
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