Please help! Caterpillars destroying plants - Knowledgebase Question

Houston, TX

Question by Delfarose
August 29, 2017

Can someone help me identify what kind of worm is this? Is destroying my vegetables and roses, eats my vegetables and the leaves. They are multiplying and I can't get rid of them. Please help!

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
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Answer from DaisyI
August 29, 2017

Its a Tomato Hornworm.

Houston, TX

A comment from Delfarose
August 29, 2017

Thank you! How do I get rid of them?

Name: Michelle
Pleasant Lake MI (Zone 6a)

Answer from Mizshelli
August 30, 2017

Handpicking them is your best bet. I feed them to my chickens, but you can do what you will when you find them. I haven't really ever found a good 'pesticide' that works to get rid of them, but I garden organically, so I just go out and pick the little jerks off the plants.

Houston, TX

A comment from Delfarose
August 30, 2017

Thank you, unfortunately is too many of them, I tried that but seems impossible. They keep showing up.

Name: Philip Becker
Fresno California (Zone 8a)

A comment from Philipwonel
August 30, 2017

BT spray works great. Its organic also. 😎😎😎

Houston, TX

A comment from Delfarose
August 30, 2017

Thanks a lot

Name: greene
Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b)
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Answer from greene
August 30, 2017

With a large infestation, you may also have some Tobacco hornworm; they look similar. Whichever they are (or if you have both) pick them off by hand. If there are too many...pick faster! Toss them into a bucket of soapy water. No need for chemicals. BT is a safe way to go but if there are "too many" cats there may be too many plants for the BT to be an affordable option. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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