That is a tomato hornworm my friend. Keep it away from any of your tomato plants. Contain it in a jar with some holes and feed it daily and it will turn into a beautiful five spotted hawk moth. As a caterpillar, it is considered a pest, but as a moth it is a wonderful pollinator for nighttime blooming plants. Lots of people will tell you to step on it, I suggest otherwise. Work with nature, dont play god. You could relocate it away from your plants and the circle of life will continue.
kenedelz
It will absolutely wreck a tomato plant so quick lol but they are really cool, personally I’d want to watch it turn into a moth so I’d go the jar route. They also have really weirdly big poops in my opinion lmao
Yes, very disrespectful lil *uckers. Caught him this morning 🤬
MissLestrange
It will eat everything I mean EVERYTHING. Every leaf until only the skeleton remains
Snogintheloo
Those were my lizards favorite 😂
carbonatedkaitlyn
If you happen to have chickens… They love these dudes.
aLonerDottieArebel
Where are you located?
fordfknranger
One of these ate my ENTIRE huge tomato plant in one night. You’ve been warned!
100PercentThatCat
Where are you located, continent wise? It could be an Oleander moth in Asia, Africa, or Europe. It doesn’t look quite right for a hornworm, they’re more segmented.
kaykatzz
Always!
Illustrious-Cod-4201
This little thing ate every single leaf and jalopeno off THREE plants a few days ago.
Exhausted-CNA
Hopefully it doesnt eat your plants ..lol. says oleander moth on google lens
Christen0526
For tomato worms, fyi to everyone, I covered my pollinated flowers on my tomatoes with drawstring organza bags and the hookworms can’t eat your tomatoes. But we’ve decided this isn’t a hookworm. Just throwing this is for fun
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That is a tomato hornworm my friend. Keep it away from any of your tomato plants. Contain it in a jar with some holes and feed it daily and it will turn into a beautiful five spotted hawk moth. As a caterpillar, it is considered a pest, but as a moth it is a wonderful pollinator for nighttime blooming plants. Lots of people will tell you to step on it, I suggest otherwise. Work with nature, dont play god. You could relocate it away from your plants and the circle of life will continue.
It will absolutely wreck a tomato plant so quick lol but they are really cool, personally I’d want to watch it turn into a moth so I’d go the jar route. They also have really weirdly big poops in my opinion lmao
I bet he’s very hungry!
https://preview.redd.it/x8nfg23i78if1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92f0c24d9dfe9aeed7ef14557c95cab52753b061
They don’t just eat tomato plants, anything in the nightshade family is fair game. They actually leave my tomatoes alone and kill my pepper plants.
I don’t think this is a tomato hornworm. The white stripe is different and I don’t see the horn it gets its name from.
https://preview.redd.it/gvp3p496i8if1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30370102466496d118758fb3d22dfeeb969a71f3
Definitely an unwanted visitor.
It looks like an oleander hawk moth
God, looks like a delicious gummy worm 🙂
That thing is juicy AF like the slug pumba eats in the lion king original.
https://preview.redd.it/5oi58n8lp8if1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ff1564eff0dddacf7c74c29d6fcbb7fad78579e
Yes, very disrespectful lil *uckers. Caught him this morning 🤬
It will eat everything I mean EVERYTHING. Every leaf until only the skeleton remains
Those were my lizards favorite 😂
If you happen to have chickens… They love these dudes.
Where are you located?
One of these ate my ENTIRE huge tomato plant in one night. You’ve been warned!
Where are you located, continent wise? It could be an Oleander moth in Asia, Africa, or Europe. It doesn’t look quite right for a hornworm, they’re more segmented.
Always!
This little thing ate every single leaf and jalopeno off THREE plants a few days ago.
Hopefully it doesnt eat your plants ..lol. says oleander moth on google lens
For tomato worms, fyi to everyone, I covered my pollinated flowers on my tomatoes with drawstring organza bags and the hookworms can’t eat your tomatoes. But we’ve decided this isn’t a hookworm. Just throwing this is for fun
lil dude lookn exhausted 😩