Hornworm Hunting :(

[WildLife]

It looks like I need to search for a horn worm.
I see droppings, no real damage.
Plant is a ML healthy thick with leaves.
I might find more fruit. LOL

[gssgarden]

Where there is poop, there's a hornworm. Little B#^&@#s!!!
I found them morning, noon, and night chomping away. Mauled Eggplant and Peppers too.
One was about 3-4 inches!! Called it a Hornworm-a-saurus.

Greg

[Worth1]

It may have already pupated and gone to ground.

If you sit back and look at the plants you will find many of them.
Don't look for the worms look at the plants then you will see the worms.
Sounds strange but it works.

Worth

[WildLife]

Well scored 5 of those little buggers.
3 ginormous and 2 mediums.
I still get the willies handling those thangs.

Only the one plant so far.
I see their work now that I look close.

Did find a new truss with 3 toms.

[tlcmd]

Dill will not harm hornworms, but can be used as a trapcrop. The hornworms usually prefer dill, so if planted near tomatoes they will more to it and they are much easier to "harvest" from dill than tomatoes.

[steinpilz]

I found one today with the wasp eggs on its back. Maybe there really is justice in the world.

[TZ-OH6]

I've found three little bitty ones (inchworm size), so my search pattern was off when I found and removed a nearly chewed through top. I pinched off the top and tossed it to the side, on my return trip down the row a three inch worm was crawling off of it. He's a pet now. He eats less than the deer.

[johno]

They are usually Arkansas size (3"-4") by the time I notice them. After I see the first one, I just look for missing leaves; I think that's what Worth meant?

I saw the first one two or three days ago, and happened to be packin' pyrethrum/rotenone at the time. I sprayed it right in the face!

[matereater]

I always look for the 'fresh' poo then go up from there, usually gets me in the right general area. Noticed a leaf on a Hillbilly that was chewed a little, but only in spots, looked underneath and there was a little one bout an inch long, he was the first of the year (and hopefully last)

[gssgarden]

On the hunt. AGAIN!!!

Greg

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[bbb123]

OMG I have one Brandywine plant that has had that happening to it for a week now. Yesterday it got my biggest tomato I thought a deer got in the garden.

[ctx00978]

Last Saturday was my big hornworm day. I found 12 just chomping away at the upper foliage of 12 different plants. The little buttheads.

[bbb123]

I can't find any I looked several times during the day and I even went out with the flashlight last night. It seems like there is only 1 or 2 of them I notice new damage every 2 or 3 days.

[matereater]

Look for the fresh "poo" and go up from there.