What kind are these?
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Tina Krenz
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I just spotted these three caterpillars on my long stem flowers this morning and don't know what kind they are or if they will harm my plants or not. They have little like horns at one end from what I can see. I hope someone can identify them and let me know. I don't want them to kill my plants that I worked so hard to save all summer in this Oklahoma weather and soil conditions that I had to condition just to make right. Thanks.
These are the ones I'm asking about. They have a ( what I call a horn) on one end. You can see it better when you click on the picture.
7 answers
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They eat leaves to survive and grow, so yes, they will be making lots of little holes on the leaves of your plants. Eventually they'll curl up in one of the leaves and make a cocoon inside
Lavende
on Aug 15, 2014
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Tomato horn worms, not good for tomato plants!
Lisa Pearson
on Aug 15, 2014
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Does the tomato hornworm have black stripes like that?
Douglas Hunt
on Aug 15, 2014
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They appear to be: Hyles gallii (Rottemburg, 1775) BEDSTRAW HAWKMOTH Bedstraw Hawk; Gallium Sphinx Moth
Jennifer G
on Aug 15, 2014
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every time i think i am going to have something they will eat it over night how can i keep them away the 7 dust is not working
Ladybug
on Aug 15, 2014
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Look like caterpillars for one or more varieties of sphinx moths (tobacco hornworm perhaps....not tomato hornworms but related). Pick 'em off and feed chickens or toss into soapy water.
Dorothy
on Aug 16, 2014
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http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Hyles-lineata
Jennifer Vallot
on Aug 14, 2015
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