My last post before my break warned to look out for a pest the Tomato Moth. I said often the first thing you spot is some pooh on a lower leaf.
Well almost as if booked for a performance, we have had a visitor. Unlike the the cabbage caterpillar they do not come by the hundred. Often there is just the one.
First thing I saw was the pooh.
Then damaged leaves above.
The Tomato Moth caterpillar is a master at hiding, and a voracious eater, as they get bigger they will eat into quite large fruit. This one took me ages to hunt down, I finally found him only by touch, tucked up behind a leaf stalk. When they know they are cornered they use their final kamikaze trick of dropping to the ground and laying still. If I hadn't been aware of this he may well have escaped.
Hi
Last summer my tomato crop in the biggest greenhouse was devastated by this pest, which I'd never come across before. It was horrible!! Any advice on how to avoid it?
Margaret