My dad is a master gardener... as well as many other great trades. This weekend I called because this was on my tomato plants. Without any picture he easily identified it as a tomato horn worm. On the back are wasp eggs. The eggs kill the worm, which is natures way of controlling pests in the garden. Bizarre! Of course, he asked me to take pictures. Of course, me being me, had already taken the pictures!
Thanks Dad!
2 comments:
Nice picture It should be in a book
Dad
the wasp is called a Braconid wasp
the larva spin a cacoon on the back of the tomato horm worm
Check out the web site
http://www.gardengrapevine.com/HornWormBraconidWasp.html
Dad
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