Use a blacklight at night and it’ll light them up so you can easily find them. 🐛
aburntrose
These little a-holes are awful.
They voracious eaters and they’re coloring makes them blend in so well.
So, i bought a UV flashlight.
Go out to the garden at night and slowing shine it around your plants. These little fuckers should stick out like a sore thumb.
Under UV, your plants will look a purple-ish color. These guys will stay green, and their face will stand out.
the-paper-hyacinthe
Plant basil and marigolds around your potatoes and tomatoes next time!
bainza
Kill it with fire….or chickens
th3k3y13
Your worst nightmare if you are growing tomatoes for sure
RoundAltruistic8243
My chooks would love him
fruitsalidfingers
Hornworm! Kill it!
Outside-2008
Kill it with fire! 🔥
TruckCamperNomad6969
One of these fuckers ate an entire one of my pepper plants in one night.
skeeg153
THE ENEMY IS ATTACKING
Ifawumi
While you were sitting here on Reddit it ate the rest of your potato. My condolences and Godspeed sir
eternaldogmom
It is the larvea of the Hummingbird moth.
ShotDecision348
Bringer of plant death
retirednightshift
They like all nightshade plants: peppers potatoes and tomatoes, look around they always bring friends.
surf_drunk_monk
That’s a tomato worm, it must be confused.
lemonsx105
Good picture of a hornworm!
JoeRenaud249
Or remove it. lol
axel4340
BT spray. smells like uncleaned locker room but it’ll disrupt caterpillar activity.
alternatively you can do the ‘pluck and drop in soapy water’ method, but i’ve never had luck with that method.
historicbookworm
Stt022
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Fit-Smile2707
Organic pesticide called BT will do the trick
Tall-Warthog1422
Actually if the worm has the wasp eggs leave it. They are naturally predators of the hornworm and will keep on killing them. If not, destroy it however you see fit! They have ruined so many of my tomatoes that it is hard for me to take my own advice!
Vile-X
I’m so glad I have a lake in my back. I throw it in there and some lucky fish won the lottery
DryGovernment2786
It’s either a tomato hornworm or a tobacco hornworm. You want to get rid of it immediately. (their moths are pretty cool, though)
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Hornworm. Dispatch it with haste.
Looks like a horn worm, kill it or it will eat everything. DT earth too!
Destroy it with extreme prejudice.
It is a destroyer of worlds .
It’s so cute though. 🥺
Hand pick and put it near a bird feeder or where birds hang out. They also glow under a black light so you can get a flashlight to check
the green monster.
A hungry caterpillar
a big ole hungry mang
pull him off you’re gonna lose the whole thang
https://preview.redd.it/lw4yematu8ze1.jpeg?width=2258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0065542fd776073a86f2cf28b078268eab0e3885
Use a blacklight at night and it’ll light them up so you can easily find them. 🐛
These little a-holes are awful.
They voracious eaters and they’re coloring makes them blend in so well.
So, i bought a UV flashlight.
Go out to the garden at night and slowing shine it around your plants. These little fuckers should stick out like a sore thumb.
Under UV, your plants will look a purple-ish color. These guys will stay green, and their face will stand out.
Plant basil and marigolds around your potatoes and tomatoes next time!
Kill it with fire….or chickens
Your worst nightmare if you are growing tomatoes for sure
My chooks would love him
Hornworm! Kill it!
Kill it with fire! 🔥
One of these fuckers ate an entire one of my pepper plants in one night.
THE ENEMY IS ATTACKING
While you were sitting here on Reddit it ate the rest of your potato. My condolences and Godspeed sir
It is the larvea of the Hummingbird moth.
Bringer of plant death
They like all nightshade plants: peppers potatoes and tomatoes, look around they always bring friends.
That’s a tomato worm, it must be confused.
Good picture of a hornworm!
Or remove it. lol
BT spray. smells like uncleaned locker room but it’ll disrupt caterpillar activity.
alternatively you can do the ‘pluck and drop in soapy water’ method, but i’ve never had luck with that method.
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Organic pesticide called BT will do the trick
Actually if the worm has the wasp eggs leave it. They are naturally predators of the hornworm and will keep on killing them. If not, destroy it however you see fit! They have ruined so many of my tomatoes that it is hard for me to take my own advice!
I’m so glad I have a lake in my back. I throw it in there and some lucky fish won the lottery
It’s either a tomato hornworm or a tobacco hornworm. You want to get rid of it immediately. (their moths are pretty cool, though)