DianaT
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Need possible lavae identification
We dug up a tomato plant today and this thing was in the root system.
It is alive---it moves and secretes icky stuff. We guess it is some type of larvae.
You can see the size from the green tomato, average size, that is next to it. And no, we donīt pick our tomatoes green, but our dog does sometimes.
Any one know what it is????
Thanks
Diane
[Edited on 10-27-2008 by jdtrotter]
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Natalie Ann
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I think but am not positive that it's a Colorado Potato Beetle larvae. You don't want them 'round your 'taters, Diane. Squish it! 
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marv sherrill
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It is tomato sphinx moth pupae! - You can raise it - just put a pin in the "loop", tack it to a bulletin board, and wait. The loop will be the long
tongues it uses -up to 6 inches long - to feed on nectar and pollinate a number of plants . The caterpillar it came from is the big, green, tomato
worm with the orange "horns."
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Natalie Ann
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Marv's likely correct, he's the scientist.
So..... don't squish it.
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Jeez - it looks like a pod (small version) from Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Creepily beautiful. Great photo again Diane
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The thing beside the bug is a green tomato, dip it in seasoned flour and fry it! Eat it as you admire the great looking crystalys. sp?
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Here's a link, looks like they like tomatoes too!
http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/tomatohornworms.htm
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Good job! You nailed it.
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Since you mention hornworms...
The day before Norbert was to make landfall nearby, my husband was being a major oso malhumorado over my polite suggestion that we put up a little
sheetwood over our few windward leaky windows. As he was actually doing it though, I was there for full powerdrill handing plywood holding perky
cheerleading support. At a moment where my orders were to just stand there and wait, I turned to my tomato plant behind us and found a HUMUNGO
hornworm devouring it. I knocked it off the plant, and STOMPED on it. KAPLOOODGE! BRIGHT GREEN SLIMY WORM GUTS EXPLODED FROM UNDER MY HEEL IN A
SHOWERING SPRAY THAT COVERED MY HUSBANDS BACK, HEAD AND THE PLYWOOD IN FRONT OF HIM. Amazingly, he was kneeling at the time and looking straight down
doing something to the drill so he did not see any of this. I didn't say a word. But it kinda felt good...(though not for the worm I suspect)
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DianaT
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THANKS
I knew someone whould know what it is---
And yes, I would not want it to mutate---a giant one of these would indeed be something for a sci-fi movie.
When John first showed it to me, I didnīt believe it was alive until it moved.
IFYFISH, I have never tried green tomatoes.
Thank
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I've heard these things can crawl into your ear, eat their way in to your brain and lodge into your dream making compartment. Once there, they will
manipulate your desires. Who knows, maybe they will turn you into a roach lover or the like. No pain, as they segregate a anesthetic fluid as they
move along your cavities. They reproduce on their own, as they are hermaphrodites and their offspring will travel to different parts of the brain
while small. -about 1 micron- for their first 6 months.
They generally start affecting your language learning part of the brain. Once they "eat" that, you can't pass beyond "Cerveza por favor" and "Mas
tequila"
Victims of these creatures exhibit a typical behavior which includes but is not limited to the following:
On the dress code, there is a clear preference for
Sandals......... Vs shoes
T Shirts......... Vs shirts
Shorts.......... Vs long pants
Sun glasses. Vs squinting
Beer on hand Vs diet coke
Reading....... Vs TV
walking........ Vs driving
Listening...... Vs telling
dreaming about a hot sexy roach Vs having nightmares about the office
On the overt behavior part, victims will show an incredible preference for activities like trapping and hooking live fish from the ocean. Drinking
cold beer and spirits and sometimes becoming overly exuberant with a tendency to cheat on their dream roach, messing with humans.
Different from their past, they will avoid work and procrastinate shamelessly. Cynically, victims actually show off their aversion for work and acts
that would normally make the body perspire -other than the fishing-
The above are general symptoms patients exhibit but the bug scientifically known as "gringorius retiretus in bajanavis" commonly known as the WTF bug
can affect us all differently. Some patients have been know to get addicted to typing incoherent messages and others to reading them.
Short but frequent trips to the US seem to alleviate the symptoms.
Aripes
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and Baja tambien
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by LOSARIPES
I've heard these things can crawl into your ear, eat their way in to your brain and lodge into your dream making compartment. Once there, they will
manipulate your desires. Who knows, maybe they will turn you into a roach lover or the like. No pain, as they segregate a anesthetic fluid as they
move along your cavities. They reproduce on their own, as they are hermaphrodites and their offspring will travel to different parts of the brain
while small. -about 1 micron- for their first 6 months.
They generally start affecting your language learning part of the brain. Once they "eat" that, you can't pass beyond "Cerveza por favor" and "Mas
tequila"
Victims of these creatures exhibit a typical behavior which includes but is not limited to the following:
On the dress code, there is a clear preference for
Sandals......... Vs shoes
T Shirts......... Vs shirts
Shorts.......... Vs long pants
Sun glasses. Vs squinting
Beer on hand Vs diet coke
Reading....... Vs TV
walking........ Vs driving
Listening...... Vs telling
dreaming about a hot sexy roach Vs having nightmares about the office
On the overt behavior part, victims will show an incredible preference for activities like trapping and hooking live fish from the ocean. Drinking
cold beer and spirits and sometimes becoming overly exuberant with a tendency to cheat on their dream roach, messing with humans.
Different from their past, they will avoid work and procrastinate shamelessly. Cynically, victims actually show off their aversion for work and acts
that would normally make the body perspire -other than the fishing-
The above are general symptoms patients exhibit but the bug scientifically known as "gringorius retiretus in bajanavis" commonly known as the WTF bug
can affect us all differently. Some patients have been know to get addicted to typing incoherent messages and others to reading them.
Short but frequent trips to the US seem to alleviate the symptoms. |
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marv sherrill
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I think I am already infected....
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Good one Lasaripes. Now I am not sure what to believe. That I have one of these critters crawling around up there or I have passed Osprey's
Retirement Debriefing for Men.
What ever it is I'm itichy.
Barb
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| Quote: | Originally posted by marv sherrill
It is tomato sphinx moth pupae! - You can raise it -
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Maybe it'll turn into a prince.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
| Quote: | Originally posted by marv sherrill
It is tomato sphinx moth pupae! - You can raise it -
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Maybe it'll turn into a prince. |
Only if it is riding a white horse.
On the other hand, now I have a photo of a tomato picked long before it was ready, and a critter before it developed into a critter that could destroy
the tomato. 
Diane
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