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Old 30-07-2016, 05:49 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
George Shirley[_3_] George Shirley[_3_] is offline
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Default first tomato worm

On 7/30/2016 11:23 AM, Derald wrote:
songbird wrote:

of the season. yesterday.

What are you calling a "tomato worm"?

Hawkmoth caterpillars, here's the URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manduca_quinquemaculata

The tomato worm can strip a tomato plant in just a short while, the
mother moth is closely related to the tobacco moth, aka tobacco worm,
caused a lot of problems to tobacco growers. Both are big, green
caterpillars that make really good fish bait.