Achemon sphinx caterpillars

http://extension.missouri.edu/publications...spx?P=ipm1019-2

 

aka hornworm. I battle them over my tomatoes annually. I have no problem using chemical weapons on them.

 

Here's a picture of the parent - I found it dead on the pool deck. It's about the time they expire every year.

The lighter is for scale:



It's a really big moth - about the size of a hummingbird. Hence the name.

 

Scary looking. I have only seen the worm, and it was only last year.

 

that thingy looks scary =.=
I really hate seeing worms and insects and such on my plants

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Those stripes on the side are cool lookin

 

I had these on my tomato plants last year and had to get rid of the plan and the worm. Nasty things!

 

I'm using this to control them this year and so far so good:

http://www.ghorganics.com/Thuricide%...erpillars.html

You can get Thuricide from lots of places.