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Old August 21, 2020   #1
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Some caterpillar just ate one of my INDOOR tomato plants.
Never saw that before in my life.
Must be an import.
I put the tray outdoors just in case it's infested with others.
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Old August 23, 2020   #2
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I don't think it is good to say covid caterpillar and scare people to think covid is involved somehow!
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Old August 23, 2020   #3
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sorry.. thats actually a cut worm.
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It escaped by eating a hole in a plastic bag I had him trapped in.
Never saw a cutworm that big.
They usually limit the damage to close to the ground.
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not in my garden... they go up the whole plant and chew on every tomato on the plant. a hole here and a hole there and hole over there and two or three on this one... over and over. they will ruin an entire plant of green tomatoes before you realize it.
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