Strange Tomato Worm

snappybob · May 20, 2010

I've been finding yellow leaves on my tomatoes. On closer, magnified, inspection I could see places where all of the green was gone leaving only a clear membrane. Some of the places looked as if there had once been a web type cocoon there. I started looking at some of the other leaves on the plant that had not progressed as much and found, sure enough, a cacoon. I broke it open to find a tiny live worm inside. I took a picture of it. Here is a link to it. I couldn't make the picture appear hear. I couldn't make the link work here so you will have to copy and paste it to your browser address bar. Maybe it will work for you once it's posted. Sorry for the inconvenience. Anyway, I'm not sure how to treat this problem. BT works on worms but by the time a worm emerges the damage has been done. Does anyone know what this is and how is best to treat it. Thanks.

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May 20, 2010	#1
snappybob SETTFest™ Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 214	Strange Tomato Worm I've been finding yellow leaves on my tomatoes. On closer, magnified, inspection I could see places where all of the green was gone leaving only a clear membrane. Some of the places looked as if there had once been a web type cocoon there. I started looking at some of the other leaves on the plant that had not progressed as much and found, sure enough, a cacoon. I broke it open to find a tiny live worm inside. I took a picture of it. Here is a link to it. I couldn't make the picture appear hear. I couldn't make the link work here so you will have to copy and paste it to your browser address bar. Maybe it will work for you once it's posted. Sorry for the inconvenience. Anyway, I'm not sure how to treat this problem. BT works on worms but by the time a worm emerges the damage has been done. Does anyone know what this is and how is best to treat it. Thanks. http://www.pbase.com/snappybob/image/124746774