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village1diot Vacaville, CA(Zone 9b) Aug 01, 2009

I have been finding tomatoes with holes eaten out of them. I finally found a culprit, this caterpillar is the source. What is it?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Aug 01, 2009

This caterpillar is in the family Noctuidae; it may be Helicoverpa (Heliothis) zea - see http://tinyurl.com/leabk9 for an example; this caterpillar shows considerably variation in color pattern. It has a very wide host plant range, but is most damaging on tomatoes (where it is called the tomato fruitworm) and corn (where it is known as the corn earworm).

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village1diot Vacaville, CA(Zone 9b) Aug 04, 2009

Yeah that looks right. Thanks!

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