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Tomato pest
Linda Jones2
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There appears to be something laying tiny black eggs on the leaves of my tomatoes in the greenhouse which are turning into a grub/caterpillar, eating holes in the leaves and burrowing into the fruit, Ihad this last year but much later in the season. I have cut off the worst affected leaves and got rid off as many eggs as I can see and am spraying with a garlic solution. Any ideas what they could be and what to do about it?
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In the sticks near Peterborough
Have been doing some searching and it is the tomato moth, shame to have to destroy the caterpillars as the moth is beautiful, but tomatoes come first, if the one i pick off will go in the compost bin!
You can just move the caterpillars to another part of the garden, they will eat lots of other plants. It's called a Bright-Line Brown-Eye moth, they just have a rather fond taste of tomatoes.
Thankyou Meerkat