Tomato Worm!

Pick them off, kill them, and enjoy your day. You may not see those worms again for 10 years, Or, you might. It's got nothing to do with growing in pots. Don't freak out and start buying all sorts of chemicals, either.

It's a hornworm, and the white things are where a wasp or yellow jacket has laid it's eggs in a parasitic fashion. Kill it and move on.

Do not kill the ones with lots of eggs on them that are already weakened. You want a new generation of wasps to help control the hornworms. Kill the healthy ones. They are voracious, and they will grow to four inches long. daveA

David got it right 100%. Take the ones with eggs on them off the tomatoes but don't kill them the eggs will do that and will be there next year to help protect your tomatoes.

From Mel & Donnie in Bluebird Valley

I hope this is a joke - really. That's all I need is a 'generation' of wasps. I gotta research all this a little.

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I've seen exactly 2 tomato hornworms in 25 years of growing tomatoes. And, I'm out there constantly. I'd definitely notice. Lighten up. This is probably the easiest pest you'll ever have to deal with. At least they're big enough to see, and they move slowly enough to deal with.

Zackly what should have been done with the parasitic Slick Willy & Mrs. As it is their planning a re-infestation.

Maybe we can get Arnold to TERMINATE them before they get any more pestier!

"I'll be back"!

A *perfectly* apropos link:

or you can do what steveo does and jerk off on them about 5 times a day and one right before bed...

geezer wrote:

I'm not accepting any new pets at this time, portland tony, so stop humping my leg and run along now.