Yep, sounds like caterpillar doo doo to me!

Cheers,
Sue

Zone 6, Southcentral PA

"Salty Thumb" wrote in message
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A while back, I caught a caterpillar on a huge Better Boy tomato. I ended
up pruning the caterpillar in half as he was eating a hole in the tomato.
That tomato finally ripened and I picked it today. There were some black
oblong pellets near the stem (where it attached to the plant) about 2x2x4
mm. Am I correct in assuming that these little raisins were deposited by
our departed friend?

-- Salty