Moths will emerge from the soil in the spring and can be identified by their orange markings. If the weather is warm enough, larvae may only burrow for as little as two-three weeks.
Caterpillar larvae hatch in late spring and feed four-six weeks before creating a cocoon for overwintering in the soil. Adult moths are regularly called sphinx moths, and their green feces is recognizable. In late spring, large adult moths lay eggs on the underside of the foliage, which will hatch within a week in late spring. One unusual thing I noticed was it had little white things attached to its back, which I left alone. I began pulling the invaders off of my plants. Once I realized I had a problem I took action. These little monsters worked really fast. The following day I saw about one-fourth of one of my tomato plants had this skeleton look. What was really odd is I was just out in my garden the day before and didn’t see any problems. I began to notice an almost other worldly, huge worm attached to my plants. I went out into my garden and noticed how there were a few tomato plants with leaves that were skeletons. What could she do about this big caterpillar?Ī number of years ago, when I kept a garden near Congress, I saw these huge green worms and I took care of them in a similar manner. This past week while I was at the dental surgeon his receptionist asked me about the same thing.
She applied some Sevin to the tomatoes and was concerned about the plants. She pulled five off her plants and wondered if they would still produce.
A reader of our column from Ashland dropped me an email about these huge green worms in her garden a number of years ago and wondered what she could do about them.
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