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title: "I woke up this morning to find my tomatoes decimated by these things!…"
description: "I woke up this morning to find my tomatoes decimated by these things! I have not had this problem before. What are these and how can I prevent them in the…"
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# I woke up this morning to find my tomatoes decimated by these things!…

_Vette님이 2023-06-29에 게시함_

I woke up this morning to find my tomatoes decimated by these things! I have not had this problem before. What are these and how can I prevent them in the future.

These things are huge! I doubt they were born yesterday so I don’t know how they found my plants which are in raised beds on my patio

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/jeHYr7NcjK9xLCXSjdfwVQu6g9XBPxxThRZSKpRedNM/6ae7fe3db02f4392a42dc57dc463428d.webp?size=large)

## 6개의 댓글

### JoeAndHisPlants님이 2023-06-29에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Those look like hornworms. I only know because I’ve seen them at pet stores to feed reptiles. Hopefully someone has more info!

### Alexis님이 2023-06-29에 댓글을 남겼어요.

They’re tobacco hornworms! If you let them be they turn into huge beautiful moths(hawk moths) but they’ll also eat a lot of your tomato plant leaves and can kill the plant if there are too many of them!

#### Alexis님이 2023-06-29에 답변했습니다.

I’m sure you can probably control them with pesticides if you want or just pick them off the plants by hand. I’ve heard they don’t like marigolds so it may be worth planting some in your garden

### Vette님이 2023-06-30에 댓글을 남겼어요.

My poor tomato plants are half bald after one night. I would consider letting them go elsewhere but I don’t know where they came from! They are so huge I don’t want them coming back.

### Danika님이 2023-06-30에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Caterpillars turn into moths or butterfly’s, which fly, so they can land on any plant anywhere to lay more eggs that develop into caterpillars. The cycle continues. I can’t have any more Coleus in my outside area because of a smaller variety of caterpillar. They taste like a yummy salad bar to them! All you can eat buffet!  
The eyes on this adult hornworm moth are stunning!

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/z8NlNnzN2bCQiikKWmC4jfK47VZM9QjYJXPHMlEmazc/2ef7367b2d6b4d76979a421d212d3de5.webp?size=large)

### Tiffany님이 2023-06-30에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Try the marigolds ☺️

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