This is the critter that almost got my tomatos at III! Two weeks ago the tomatoes were looking poorly. I thought it was just the result of the deer chomping on them and I built a chicken wire cage over and around the cherry tomatoes. I want those cherry tomatoes to go to seed so they'll volunteer every year. I won't have to plant new ones; just wait for the little rascals to grow from last year's seed. But then! Then, I found one of these ugly little creatures. I tried knocking him senseless with a stick. If he would have let go, I would have stomped him to Kingdom come but he hung on for dear life. Not having the courage to just pluck him off, I roared off to town for tomato dust and dust them I did! This past weekend, two war-ravanaged tomato plants still survived. I dusted them again. Let us hope for a late frost. Those plants need to bear fruit and make seed. And next year, I will be prepared with my cage and my Sevin!
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