I saw your recent column about tomato fruitworms, and was wondering if this pest also eats leaves. The leaves of one of my tomato plants are being eaten by something. A couple of the branches now ...
Find out about the tomato hornworm life cycle, as it hatches from a tiny egg to a caterpillar, to a chrysalis, to a huge five ...
If you grow tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, or other nightshades, there’s a good chance that you’ve encountered large green caterpillars feeding on your plants. Known as the tobacco or tomato hornworm, ...
Vegetable gardeners everywhere look forward to harvesting tomatoes each summer. But one pest that can ruin the fruits of your labor (literally) is the tomato hornworm. The caterpillars feast on the ...
Are tomato hornworms a pest or a blessing? Is blooming twice in one year a sign that a tree is dying? The expert answers ...
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When you are out checking your tomato plants over this long weekend, be on the lookout for these fat green critters that often blend into the foliage so well that you don’t’ see them until they have ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Eww! What is THAT? My friend Pat sent me a photo of something she'd never seen before on her tomato plants - a giant green worm about the size of your thumb covered with what look ...
“The black light — are you sure it works?” I asked. “Yup,” replied my husband. “Did you plug in the extension cord?” I continued. “Yes, dear.” On a muggy, buggy summer night a few years ago, we ...
Here’s a rather graphic example of good bugs, bad bugs and something special in between! Ron Eaton took this photo of tobacco hornworms he found in his Lake Smith yard in Virginia Beach recently. The ...