Worms....

If you see your tomato plants looking like this first photo with missing leaves and vines...you need to look around for a Horn Worm. (see next photo) When I was growing up, we called them tobacco worms because they would make their meals on tobacco plants. A good army of them could devastate a field and most farmers were on the lookout for them. They don't bite or anything and are relatively easy to pluck off, just have to do it before they damage the plant which can happen very quickly. I had just checked my plants the day before so be aware that they are easy to overlook. He was nice and fat so guess he had been munching all day. The worm below was offered to my hen, but she turned him down. Maybe they don't taste good. They sure are pretty worms with their bright red horns on the end. He was later offered to the opportunity to go swimming, but didn't seem to be able to swim, maybe he needed water wings. Oh well....