He said the white bags were insects that were feeding on the caterpillars and that if we left the ones with bags on the plants then the others would get infected. My dad taught me to leave these ones on the tomato plant. I would sometimes find a caterpillar with little white bags hanging on it. Not only is the tomato hornworm a major pest of the tomato plant, but it is also a rather large insect.Īs a child I enjoyed pulling these caterpillars off the tomato plants and throwing them out in the street where the birds would swoop down and eat them. Not the least of which is a rather large caterpillar affectionately called the tomato hornworm. There are so many things that can go wrong with a tomato plant. Estoy de Acuerdo / I agreeĪmong the hardest to grow vegetables is the tomato. Please note that some applications and/or services may not function as expected when translated. NC State Extension does not guarantee the accuracy of the translated text. As with any Internet translation, the conversion is not context-sensitive and may not translate the text to its original meaning. To the extent there is any conflict between the English text and the translation, English controls.Ĭlicking on the translation link activates a free translation service to convert the page to Spanish. Por favor, tenga en cuenta que algunas aplicaciones y/o servicios pueden no funcionar como se espera cuando se traducen.Įnglish is the controlling language of this page. NC State Extension no garantiza la exactitud del texto traducido. Al igual que con cualquier traducción por Internet, la conversión no es sensible al contexto y puede que no traduzca el texto en su significado original. En la medida en que haya algún conflicto entre la traducción al inglés y la traducción, el inglés prevalece.Īl hacer clic en el enlace de traducción se activa un servicio de traducción gratuito para convertir la página al español.

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