tomato worm ??

[irwoodsman]

i need some help, i've never seen this type of worm on my late tomato plants before.
can anyone i.d. this for me
and how can i rid myself of it? its about 3 inches long and as big around as your little finger.
thanks

[Nicodemus]

Tomato hornworm. Snatch em off there and stomp em. Sprinkle Sevin Dust on the plants.

They make great fish bait.

[Nicodemus]

My Blue Heeler will eat every one of those things she can find. They must taste awful though cause her face turns inside out while she`s eatin` em. Truly one of the funniest things I`ve ever seen.

[huntnnut]

Dipel Dust is highly recommended for Horn Worms. I tried it last year also and it worked fine on my plants.

[Holton]

Get em off there.........they will eat all the foilage off your plants in short order.

Ya got any extra maters?

[irwoodsman]

holton
not yet i planted them late so i could have them in november at deer camp!
yea come on!!!!

[Vernon Holt]

Pick em' off. Check your plants daily. Their handiwork is quite evident. When you see missing foliage (stems without leaves), usually at top of plant, you have your assignment. Find him.

You can spray if you like. Dipel would be the preferred pesticide since it is not toxic to humans. It is also effective on corn ear worms which will bore into green tomatoes near the stem.

Generally, hornworms are never numerous. I had a long row of tomatoes (now deceased) and I picked one hornworm off all summer. This supports the idea of picking them off as opposed to spraying.

Vernon

[irwoodsman]

thanks to all !

[HuntinGal308]

We found several of them on our tomato plants this year! :(

[Duck's and Buck's]

might be one of them snake hybrids from down in florida :bounce:

[jeclif]

put a fish hook trough them and float then just off the bottom
you remove the problem have fun and sometimes get supper :cheers:

[fishnut]

Catfish love 'em

[Son]

Yeah, they taste real bad...so do cutworms.

[Hardwood man]

My dog had a blast with them last year an me and my boy had a good time fishing for catfish with them.:fine:

[DanTroop2000]

It look like the ones I that had to pick off the tabocco plant back on the farm about 45 years ago :banana: :banana:

[Bone Collector]

i need some help, i've never seen this type of worm on my late tomato plants before.
can anyone i.d. this for me
and how can i rid myself of it? its about 3 inches long and as big around as your little finger.
thanks


It looks like he ate too much before you caught him. He looks like a drunk that has fallen face first in his own puke.:rofl:

BC