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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Bev; I just went back out and looked at the tips (and as much as I could, 
again, of the rest) of every single branch of the plant.  A lot more damage 
than I first thought.  Over half the plant has the tips missing, over 1/4 
stripped.  Still, I find no worm.

But, what I did fine.  A short , fat grassgopper.  Right on the tip of the 
plant next to the damged plant.  We have lots of grasshoppers here.  But this 
is a strange looking one.  looks just like a hornworm, but short & with 
grasshppoer legs, and I didn't notice 'horns'.  Usually, our grasshoppers are 
brown.  I don't know what to do except occasionally check to make sure.  But, 
I could swear that grasshopper was eating my tomato 
plant...............bobford


--- On Tue, 10/14/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Tomato hornworms
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 11:59 AM
> In my experience, they are near the top of the vine. 
> Perhaps you are 
> being blinded by the sun?
> 
> Bev
> 
> bob ford wrote:
> > Foer the past hour , I have been looking for a (or
> more) tomato
> > hornworm.  I wnt out to check my plants.  And, on the
> plant with the
> > most (tiny) fruit, about 1/4 of the plant was stripped
> of leaves and
> > even the smaller parts of the limb stalks.
> > 
> > Back before I fell ill and quit gardening for a time,
> I had
> > experiences with these pests.  They were generally
> brought in with a
> > new plant from the nursey.
> > 
> > Anyway; I haven't found it.  I know it is there,
> and I can't find it.
> > Maybe it was alone and already turned into a moth and
> flew away, but,
> > that I doubt.
> > 
> > I know they are easier to see around the break of
> dawn.  Does anyone
> > know how to find them in the bright sun of daytime?. 
> Is there a safe
> > type of pesticide to use to keep them from spreading
> and increasing
> > population? .............bobford
> > 
> > 
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