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Apr 24, 2018 18:51:27   #
Dirtmama834 Loc: Hurricane, Utah
 
This is my first time posting a picture. I have not edited this photo, and at the time I took this I was so upset at the damage it did to my tomato plant that I wasn't even thinking about my camera settings. I welcome all advice, teasing, and even tomato throwing.

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Apr 24, 2018 19:00:57   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
At least you got a good mug shot for the police - LOL!

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Apr 24, 2018 19:05:53   #
burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC
 
Dirtmama834 wrote:
This is my first time posting a picture. I have not edited this photo, and at the time I took this I was so upset at the damage it did to my tomato plant that I wasn't even thinking about my camera settings. I welcome all advice, teasing, and even tomato throwing.


Try liquid soap spray. Aphids and caterpillars don’t like the taste.

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Apr 24, 2018 19:57:32   #
PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago
 
Dirtmama834 wrote:
This is my first time posting a picture. I have not edited this photo, and at the time I took this I was so upset at the damage it did to my tomato plant that I wasn't even thinking about my camera settings. I welcome all advice, teasing, and even tomato throwing.
Welcome to the forum. Noe you have proof who the culprit is. Now that you have a mug shot, he may leave and be on the run.
Great image. Sharp.

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Apr 24, 2018 20:09:48   #
gregoryd45 Loc: Fakahatchee Strand
 
Dirtmama834 wrote:
This is my first time posting a picture. I have not edited this photo, and at the time I took this I was so upset at the damage it did to my tomato plant that I wasn't even thinking about my camera settings. I welcome all advice, teasing, and even tomato throwing.


Nice shot Dirtmama834, too bad about the damage

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Apr 24, 2018 21:17:32   #
kpmac Loc: Ragley, La
 
It's a very nice image; too bad about your tomato plant.

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Apr 25, 2018 05:54:51   #
J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio
 
Dirtmama834 wrote:
This is my first time posting a picture. I have not edited this photo, and at the time I took this I was so upset at the damage it did to my tomato plant that I wasn't even thinking about my camera settings. I welcome all advice, teasing, and even tomato throwing.


Nice capture.

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Apr 25, 2018 06:37:35   #
Don, the 2nd son Loc: Crowded Florida
 
Great photo. Don't tomato plants grow new leaves after "lunch?"

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Apr 25, 2018 06:37:59   #
Don, the 2nd son Loc: Crowded Florida
 
Great photo. Don't tomato plants grow new leaves after "lunch?"

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Apr 25, 2018 07:00:18   #
Georgews Loc: Wellington, New Zealand
 
Soapy water sprayed on them makes them go away

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Apr 25, 2018 09:49:54   #
merrytexan Loc: georgia
 
Dirtmama834 wrote:
This is my first time posting a picture. I have not edited this photo, and at the time I took this I was so upset at the damage it did to my tomato plant that I wasn't even thinking about my camera settings. I welcome all advice, teasing, and even tomato throwing.


my husband grows a lot of tomatos...he checks every day, sometimes twice, by walking up and down
each row and cutting them, the worm, not the tomatoes...lol, into with the scissors. they are so hard to spot.

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Apr 25, 2018 11:49:51   #
sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri
 
Love your photo of the little bugger. So beautiful yet a pain-in-the-butt to a garden.

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Apr 25, 2018 12:05:13   #
vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country
 
Nice shot. It looks like there are no tomatoes for throwing. I'd like to see it in it's adult form, and you might appreciate him more.

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Apr 25, 2018 13:26:05   #
BBurns Loc: South Bay, California
 
I am a chemical free gardener and compost everything possible.
I refer to it as common sense farming. There is a new buzz word for it now that makes it 5 times more expensive, 'Organic'.
I have tortoises and I also raise Monarch butterflies so I cannot introduce poisons into my ecosystem.
If you do not wish to hand pick these beautiful Sphinx moth larvae, you can easily deal with them using a BT caterpillar control.
It is available at you local hardware store such as Lowe's, Home Depot or Walmart. Examples are Safer or Garden Safe

It does not take very much. a gentle spray on the leaves in the morning every 2 or 3 weeks should protect you all season.

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Apr 25, 2018 14:22:10   #
Dirtmama834 Loc: Hurricane, Utah
 
Thank you for the garden advice. I didn't have to kill them. My boyfriend did it for me and I honestly regret letting him do it because I think I would have enjoyed taking more pictures a lot more than eating the tomatoes. The plant never did produce many tomatoes but the caterpillars were beautiful.

Mary

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