If you like your cayenne you’ll kill that fucker asap
West-Painter-7520
This is the devil in worm form
Automatic_Beyond_880
Burn it
lion_index
Initiate decapitation
BlazingCondor
I do think it’s funny that we “hate” caterpillars but love butterflies.
This is a big dude. He’s almost done feasting. Going to pupate soon!
Strokesite
There are always more. Look under every leaf.
Kilbane
I , kid you not, took 21 off my tomato plants this week…I have 4 plants. Two of that plants pretty much have no leaves left. They are the devil!
Frank_Humungus
natedogg2326
Planet-thanet
All the comments saying kill it ffs.
lustedp
Looks like your peppers need some B.T. Bacillus Thuringiensis.
beermaker1974
I found my first one today but saw some shit so tonight the blacklight hunt begins
highlymoody6
Kill it
Opening-Fan8014
I had an indoor pepper that has this worm, don’t know how it entered in the house.
OTR444
These mofo are relentless
1Negative_Person
Tomato hornworms will devastate your plants. *But* the moths that they grow into are important pollinators. I suggest you relocate the caterpillar to the garden of a rival.
YourHooliganFriend
I think sphinx moths are pretty cool, but I also think my pepper plants are awesome. So I do what has to be done.
aqwn
You gotta kill that hornworm
bimlanders
I haven’t see any hornworms so far this year. Scared!
zigaliciousone
I haven’t seen one yet but I have a deal with the local scrub jays, I feed them peanuts and they dispatch the occasional hormworm I toss their way. The only insect I kill with maximum prejudice
Gravco
20 or so years ago… sitting on my deck, chilling. Notice a… crunching sound… wtf? One of these guys was chewing on my tomato plants… audibly… from 10 feet away. Also noticed that it left visible poops. WTF, Mother Nature?!
vagabond719r
Lol, “little”.
beingafunkynote
Is it just me or does it look like it’s growing those wasp eggs on it back?
Found this big fucker munching my parsley last week.
MaleHooker
They are UV reactive, so shining a black flashlight on them at night is a good way to find them.
harley4570
my wife spots those things super quick…I have a hard time findthem…our chickens love them…
NeverTrustAfart84
My wife and I are growing a couple of tomato plants in pots in our patio, came out one morning and a shitload of the bottom branches were completely stripped and eaten. My wife thoroughly went through all the tomatoes and found so many of those damn little tiny hornworms hidden underneath branches munching away. You have to really check every part of the plant because they’re camouflaged, overnight they did a lot of damage. A few days later found a few more on each one, those little bastards
Anyone here from Buenos Aires? You know what to say.
glossiercub
Cultural-Dark-8902
One (maybe multiple, but only found one on the plant) completely devastated my habanero last year. It happened over night, it ate everything but the center stem and branches
Elon_Bezos420
Uh oh, better get rid of that guy, bros gonna make quick work of your plant
carroll65
My chicken LOVES them. 16 so far this year. SO SATISFYING TO WATCH.
tumbleweedinthewind
I’ve been cutting up caterpillars I find on my plants with scissors. I cut them into thirds just to be safe. No need to squash anything.
GuitarGod1972
Horned Tomato worm…he will completely strip your plants within days.
OkOutlandishness4277
Wow. Relocating tomato hornworm…. relocate japanese beetles while you’re at it!
Orchill_Wallets
I’ve accidentally raised a family of pepper loving possums in Melbourne Australia, they started with my mild potted section in my yard a couple years later they could eat my jalapeños, now they eat my scotch bonnets and habanero.
DimMike
RIP
siliconsoul-10k
Throw it in a bird feeder.
mixinmono
I swear they have active camouflage. You’ll be checking for 20 minutes and miss 2 of em.
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If you like your cayenne you’ll kill that fucker asap
This is the devil in worm form
Burn it
Initiate decapitation
I do think it’s funny that we “hate” caterpillars but love butterflies.
This is a big dude. He’s almost done feasting. Going to pupate soon!
There are always more. Look under every leaf.
I , kid you not, took 21 off my tomato plants this week…I have 4 plants. Two of that plants pretty much have no leaves left. They are the devil!
All the comments saying kill it ffs.
Looks like your peppers need some B.T. Bacillus Thuringiensis.
I found my first one today but saw some shit so tonight the blacklight hunt begins
Kill it
I had an indoor pepper that has this worm, don’t know how it entered in the house.
These mofo are relentless
Tomato hornworms will devastate your plants. *But* the moths that they grow into are important pollinators. I suggest you relocate the caterpillar to the garden of a rival.
I think sphinx moths are pretty cool, but I also think my pepper plants are awesome. So I do what has to be done.
You gotta kill that hornworm
I haven’t see any hornworms so far this year. Scared!
I haven’t seen one yet but I have a deal with the local scrub jays, I feed them peanuts and they dispatch the occasional hormworm I toss their way. The only insect I kill with maximum prejudice
20 or so years ago… sitting on my deck, chilling. Notice a… crunching sound… wtf? One of these guys was chewing on my tomato plants… audibly… from 10 feet away. Also noticed that it left visible poops. WTF, Mother Nature?!
Lol, “little”.
Is it just me or does it look like it’s growing those wasp eggs on it back?
https://preview.redd.it/az5lap4pqaff1.jpeg?width=1206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=870b2189ff9b66affd09b820b4e1e564b834122e
Found this big fucker munching my parsley last week.
They are UV reactive, so shining a black flashlight on them at night is a good way to find them.
my wife spots those things super quick…I have a hard time findthem…our chickens love them…
My wife and I are growing a couple of tomato plants in pots in our patio, came out one morning and a shitload of the bottom branches were completely stripped and eaten. My wife thoroughly went through all the tomatoes and found so many of those damn little tiny hornworms hidden underneath branches munching away. You have to really check every part of the plant because they’re camouflaged, overnight they did a lot of damage. A few days later found a few more on each one, those little bastards
https://youtu.be/90X5NJleYJQ
Anyone here from Buenos Aires? You know what to say.
One (maybe multiple, but only found one on the plant) completely devastated my habanero last year. It happened over night, it ate everything but the center stem and branches
Uh oh, better get rid of that guy, bros gonna make quick work of your plant
My chicken LOVES them.
16 so far this year.
SO SATISFYING TO WATCH.
I’ve been cutting up caterpillars I find on my plants with scissors. I cut them into thirds just to be safe. No need to squash anything.
Horned Tomato worm…he will completely strip your plants within days.
Wow. Relocating tomato hornworm…. relocate japanese beetles while you’re at it!
I’ve accidentally raised a family of pepper loving possums in Melbourne Australia, they started with my mild potted section in my yard a couple years later they could eat my jalapeños, now they eat my scotch bonnets and habanero.
RIP
Throw it in a bird feeder.
I swear they have active camouflage. You’ll be checking for 20 minutes and miss 2 of em.
Chickenfeed