Found these hairy blighters nomming my tomato plants today. Any idea what species they are?
Very Hungry Caterpillars
Tales from my allotment….
“Private: Keep Out!!” Said the baby blackbird.
Tales from my allotment….
Found these hairy blighters nomming my tomato plants today. Any idea what species they are?
oooh, tomato hornworms. they will strip you plant in days. kill’um.
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Hehe I looked those up and fortunately I don’t think that’s it – they seem to only be found in the US (I’m UK, woo!) and they have diagonal v-shaped markings on which are absent from my critters. I’m thinking maybe cabbage white butterfly??
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They’re not large whites, the caterpillars of those have black on them. Small whites caterpillars are green but I don’t know if they eat tomato. You could try looking here- http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species_family.php?name=all&stage=larva
Lots of the caterpillars look similar but it tells you what they eat which should give you a clue. Good luck!
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Omigosh they all look the same!!! Thanks for the awesome link, I’ll be sure to use it 🙂
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