Have you ever noticed your tomato leaves are disappearing? The culprit could be the horned tomato worm.
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Can you spot the three worms? Actually, there are 6. They blend in quite well.
They can grow to be up to 6 inches. They cannot sting you. The horn is just purely for show. They will wiggle around to make you drop them… But they will not bite or sting.
They are quite beautiful but very destructive to your tomato plant. These worms love to eat dill leaves more than tomato. So you can plant dill in between your tomato plants and use that as collateral damage.
Whenever I move my tomato plant around, I will find another one. They really blend in and are hard to see. That's why you should check your plants in the morning and at night if you have the time.
This tomato worm was stung by a wasp and eggs laid inside. Later when the wasps eggs hatched, it ate the worm from the inside out. Gross but farewell and good riddance.
The only way I found that truly works to rid myself of these worms are to look at my plants at least once a day if not twice and hand pick them off. I don't want to use any chemicals or other things that can leech back into my water and hurt my fish.
Then tell them to "hit the bricks, see"
Hope this blog helps.
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