I've been waging war on these suckers for the past few weeks. Tomato Hornworms. Big, squishy, and wiggly when you pry them off the plant. I have no clue where they hide during the heat of the day, but dawn and dusk they are rapidly consuming my various peppers. I was squeamish about them at first, but when they stripped a beautiful plant of all its leaves and buds I got mad. Now I have my worm-stomper flip flops right by the back door. I pry these guys off my peppers throw them to the dirt and stomp. The one in the photo above was the size of my index finger. I've pulled them off when they were a half inch long. They turn into Sphinx Moths. I felt bad about all the Sphinx Moths being caught by my hunter cat as they never seemed to survive the encounter. Now I tell Mr. Meeps that he is a great hunter (just leave the lizards and geckos alone please) and that he should target the moths.
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