covid caterpillar

slugworth · August 21, 2020

Some caterpillar just ate one of my INDOOR tomato plants.
Never saw that before in my life.
Must be an import.
I put the tray outdoors just in case it's infested with others.

loudog · August 23, 2020

I don't think it is good to say covid caterpillar and scare people to think covid is involved somehow!

clkeiper · August 23, 2020

sorry.. thats actually a cut worm.

slugworth · August 23, 2020

It escaped by eating a hole in a plastic bag I had him trapped in.
Never saw a cutworm that big.
They usually limit the damage to close to the ground.

clkeiper · August 23, 2020

not in my garden... they go up the whole plant and chew on every tomato on the plant. a hole here and a hole there and hole over there and two or three on this one... over and over. they will ruin an entire plant of green tomatoes before you realize it.

August 23, 2020	#3
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	sorry.. thats actually a cut worm. __________________ carolyn k

August 23, 2020	#5
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	not in my garden... they go up the whole plant and chew on every tomato on the plant. a hole here and a hole there and hole over there and two or three on this one... over and over. they will ruin an entire plant of green tomatoes before you realize it. __________________ carolyn k

August 23, 2020	#2
loudog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: west central ohio Posts: 172	I don't think it is good to say covid caterpillar and scare people to think covid is involved somehow!

August 23, 2020	#4
slugworth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: connecticut,usa Posts: 1,152	It escaped by eating a hole in a plastic bag I had him trapped in. Never saw a cutworm that big. They usually limit the damage to close to the ground.