Fat Green Caterpillars
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Cheryl Blanchette on Aug 15, 2013They are the horned tomato catapillar they are best hand picked off and fed to the chickens lol squished so satisfying after they demolished a plant. In the old days Sevin dust was used but I'm now organic Sevin is bad. If you see a little one grab it the grow fast.Helpful Reply
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Gwendolyn Schilling on Aug 15, 2013Thanks Cheryl, I hate the idea of having to handle the critters, but I'll get them.Helpful Reply
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360 Sod (Donna Dixson) on Aug 15, 2013You can use a some big plastic tweezers if you are squimishHelpful Reply
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Gwendolyn Schilling on Aug 16, 2013LOL, LOL, I just might do that Donna, I really don't like the little critters.Helpful Reply
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Fran Barrett on Aug 17, 2013Depending on the exact species, they may become giant moths like the Hummingbird Moth, or the Sphinx Moth. Sometime swallowtail butterflies. http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/insimg/05517F4.jpgHelpful Reply
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Chel on Apr 14, 2015My mom used to take a coffee can with a couple of inches of gasoline out to the garden, pull those things off the plant and drop it in the can of gasoline. It got rid of them all rightHelpful Reply
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