A caterpillar & a bug
Jun 15, 2013 13:28:38 #
Just a few from around the yard. Canon 7D with 100L macro lens and speedlight.
Green tomato 'hornworm' caterpillar
Green tomato hornworm, all of him
Stink bug?
Jun 15, 2013 13:37:24 #
Nice hornworm. These guys are just NASTY in my tomatoes. But they're just doing what they are supposed to do - eat your tomato plants. And I just do what I'm supposed to do - squash them.......
Jun 15, 2013 14:49:42 #
gym wrote:
Me too after I take a few pics.Nice hornworm. These guys are just NASTY in my tomatoes. But they're just doing what they are supposed to do - eat your tomato plants. And I just do what I'm supposed to do - squash them.......
Jun 15, 2013 15:03:54 #
Tomato hornworms (Manduca quinquemaculata) are closely related to (and sometimes confused with) the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta). This confusion arises because caterpillars of both species feed on the foliage of various plants from the family Solanaceae, so either species can be found on tobacco or tomato leaves, and the plant on which the caterpillar is found does not indicate its species. The larvae of these species can be distinguished by their lateral markings: tomato hornworms have eight V-shaped markings while tobacco hornworms have seven diagonal lines. per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato_hornworm
Yours is a tobacco hornworm caterpillar (Manduca sexta) per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manduca_sexta
Yours is a tobacco hornworm caterpillar (Manduca sexta) per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manduca_sexta
Jun 15, 2013 16:23:41 #
Thanks for the info Douglass. All I know is he was eating the tomato plant so he had to move elsewhere.
Jun 15, 2013 17:17:10 #
Jun 15, 2013 19:10:47 #
Jun 15, 2013 21:24:34 #
nice shots,so far my tomatos are hornworm free and we have started eating tomatos
Jun 16, 2013 08:38:52 #
Thanks Tom,no ripe ones yet but have had some fried green ones (almost) as good as the ripe ones.
Jun 16, 2013 09:29:21 #
gym wrote:
Nice hornworm. These guys are just NASTY in my tomatoes. But they're just doing what they are supposed to do - eat your tomato plants. And I just do what I'm supposed to do - squash them.......
me too,shoot first then squash them
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