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Anyone know what this critter is? I found it eating one of m
The critter:
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Re: Anyone know what this critter is? I found it eating one
At first glance, I thought it might be a catepillat. But this thing wasn't fuzzy like the ones I'm used to seeing and it was huge.
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Re: Anyone know what this critter is? I found it eating one
Apparently, this is something called a hornworm.
http://www.tammysrecipes.com/tomato_hornworms
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Re: Anyone know what this critter is? I found it eating one
**** beaten by the OP in 10 seconds ***
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Re: Anyone know what this critter is? I found it eating one
How long have you been growing tomatoes to have never seen one of those before?
I hate killing them, because I really like these...
I hate killing them, because I really like these...
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Re: Anyone know what this critter is? I found it eating one
Three months. My wife likes tomatoes.cactus wrote:How long have you been growing tomatoes to have never seen one of those before?
I hate killing them, because I really like these...
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Re: Anyone know what this critter is? I found it eating one
I've never seen them eat the tomatoes, but they will mow the plant down for sure.
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Re: Anyone know what this critter is? I found it eating one
It looks like a snack for Andrew Zimmern.
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