Guess what I found on my tomatoes this afternoon. 😑

by GH98_ThrowAway

17 Comments

  1. unicornlevelexists

    I love them too but they are not allowed in my garden.

  2. gholmom500

    My ducks find them positively squishtastic.

  3. pigs_have_flown

    I also find them squishy. When I squish them.

  4. Sunbather77

    Not bad; I think they’re fascinating albeit HUNGRY lol

    We like to raise one or two into a moth once a year! My kids think they’re adorable and I love their velvety skin and how they click like tuff guyz. Also Find The Hornworm is a fun game we play in our garden lol

    I’ve had devastating results from one too many at once while we were away on vacation, but between raising a couple and keeping an eye on the plants, their numbers can be managed 😊

  5. Deleena24

    They turn into sphinx moths, a lot of people like them. (It’s a tobacco hornworm, not a tomato hornworm that turns into a hawktail moth)

  6. Californialways

    If you can give them a seperate part of the plant and continue feeding them, they make great pollinators.

  7. OptionUseful1961

    OMG. The feel of all of those little legs on your hands is disgusting. Splat is where they go when I find them on my tomatoes.

  8. moralityNempathy123

    They are adorable but they’ll decimate peppers, onions, tomatoes and idk what else. I had 4 of them eat my entire tomato plant.

  9. ordosays

    I mean, I pretty much only grow parsley for the swallowtails.

  10. seattle0606

    they eat way too fast to justify their cuteness tho ☹️

  11. Find a chicken and make it happy with that one. And then repeat as often as necessary.

  12. PikaHat

    I’ve only seen one or two of these a season where I am so I just let them do their thing. They haven’t destroyed anything of mine and I have plenty of backup plants and seeds. The only thing I really can’t stand are the mosquitoes lol.

  13. MyVirgoIsShowing

    They are very fun to hunt for and give to my chickens

  14. Raidersfan54

    Well you can find them cute and squishy if you want that’s up to you and if you want to feed them tomatoes and peppers that’s also up to you , they will take down plants in a few days so maybe plant more , I’m not trying to be a ass but that’s what they eat.

  15. Solid-Stranger5280

    It just matters whether you want veggies or hornworms. You can’t have both.

  16. EarthenMama

    They are SOOOO silky soft, and their hind legs are like little mitten-paddles! I always relocate them to my sacrificial tomato patch. It’s so lovely when the moths arrive — the kind of moth that will step right onto your finger 🙂 I realize I’m a bit weird, though.

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