I found these on one of my tomato plants this morning. I view my tomatoes as second class citizens to my pepper plants who are my babies. But, I am trying to prevent an outbreak that may spread to my peppers. I trimmed off the small branches and some of the surrounding leaves where I found these things. At first I thought hornworm eggs but they look nothing like the pics I have found online. Can they be hornworms in a later stage? Something else entirely? I know the pic sucks, but when i tried to get closer with my cell phone cam the image was trash. I also tossed a single leaf with 3 or 4 of these things on it in a jar to see if I can get a better idea of what this is.
These things aren't spherical like the pics I found of the hornworm eggs. They are irregular shaped like mealy bugs when they are first setting in on a plant. I dealt with the mealys earlier in the season successfully so I know what those look like.
PS - I also pruned that ugly looking yellow leaf on the left. My pepper plants are WAY more healthy than my tomatoes.
These things aren't spherical like the pics I found of the hornworm eggs. They are irregular shaped like mealy bugs when they are first setting in on a plant. I dealt with the mealys earlier in the season successfully so I know what those look like.
PS - I also pruned that ugly looking yellow leaf on the left. My pepper plants are WAY more healthy than my tomatoes.
