Ugly Thief: I was out back today when I noticed almost half of my largest Tomato plant was gone. Upon closer inspection I found about half a dozen of these monsters. This was one of my...

fotowerks Loc: San Diego, CA

I was out back today when I noticed almost half of my largest Tomato plant was gone. Upon closer inspection I found about half a dozen of these monsters. This was one of my first attempts with my Canon 100mm f 2.8 Macro. This macro stuff is much more difficult than I thought but I did get a couple of them to come out okay. Here is one of them.

Canon 5D MkII, Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro, 1/100 @ f 8.0

Tomato Worm

Clicker2014 Loc: Canada

I think you did a fabulous job! Love it. Boy this bad boy sure blends in doesn't he! Macro is addictive! Thanks for sharing!

fotowerks wrote:

I was out back today when I noticed almost half of my largest Tomato plant was gone. Upon closer inspection I found about half a dozen of these monsters. This was one of my first attempts with my Canon 100mm f 2.8 Macro. This macro stuff is much more difficult than I thought but I did get a couple of them to come out okay. Here is one of them.

Canon 5D MkII, Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro, 1/100 @ f 8.0

angler Loc: StHelens England

Good shot.

ftpecktim Loc: MONTANA

Nice shot.

stevenelson Loc: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma

I think he is cleaning his teeth after the snack. :lol: Nice pic. :thumbup:

Paul B. Loc: North Carolina

:thumbup:

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

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Archy Loc: Lake Hamilton, Florida

fotowerks wrote:

I was out back today when I noticed almost half of my largest Tomato plant was gone. Upon closer inspection I found about half a dozen of these monsters. This was one of my first attempts with my Canon 100mm f 2.8 Macro. This macro stuff is much more difficult than I thought but I did get a couple of them to come out okay. Here is one of them.

Canon 5D MkII, Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro, 1/100 @ f 8.0

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania

fotowerks wrote:

I was out back today when I noticed almost half of my largest Tomato plant was gone. Upon closer inspection I found about half a dozen of these monsters. This was one of my first attempts with my Canon 100mm f 2.8 Macro. This macro stuff is much more difficult than I thought but I did get a couple of them to come out okay. Here is one of them.

Canon 5D MkII, Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro, 1/100 @ f 8.0

Great job capturing this little critter that is a master at traveling incognito!

WildBill Loc: South West Florida

Sorry they infested your tomatoes. You got a great shot from it but at a big cost, your biggest plant. Now that you got the photo, time to pesticide. Macro is something I need to learn soon too. It is worth the effort judging from the photos I see on UHH. Keep shooting.

snogost67 Loc: dayton, montana

What a beauty! great shot ;)

Hazel Muller Loc: Fruitland, New Mexico

Don't those turn into swallowtail butterflies? I think they are the ones.

oldtool2 Loc: South Jersey

Hazel Muller wrote:

Don't those turn into swallowtail butterflies? I think they are the ones.

Nice shot.

As for the butterfly, not if I see them they don't, they turn into dust!

Jim D

Evansgr Loc: Concord, NC

Great macro!

fotowerks Loc: San Diego, CA

Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments. There won't be any pesticides WildBill this garden's organic. I must be more vigilant moving forward. Hazel, if left alone they fall to the ground and form a hard pupa and emerge in the spring as these giant Sphinx Moths. This particular beast is the Tobacco Hornworm which is closely related to the Tomato Hornworm but it appears that it does not discriminate when it comes to it's food source.

Sphinx Moth
Sphinx Moth...