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Vanisle_BC
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Unidentified coccoon
While turning over soil I'm finding a few of these. Anybody know what they are and are they beneficial, neutral or ???
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rainbowgardener
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oh yeah! I know because I posted a picture just like that here in Jan last year and people ID'd it for me: https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/ ... on#p401335
It is the cocoon of the tomato hornworm, which will eventually become the beautiful sphinx moth, after it finishes destroying your tomatoes!
It is the cocoon of the tomato hornworm, which will eventually become the beautiful sphinx moth, after it finishes destroying your tomatoes!
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Vanisle_BC
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I hope you're mistaken; I'm not convinced (yetrainbowgardener wrote:oh yeah! I know because I posted a picture just like that here in Jan last year and people ID'd it for me: https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/ ... on#p401335
It is the cocoon of the tomato hornworm, which will eventually become the beautiful sphinx moth, after it finishes destroying your tomatoes!
) but thanks for the heads-up. I've never seen that moth in my garden, or the caterpillar, and my coccoon is much smaller than the one in your photo. There seem to be several moths with similar-looking pupae but the hornworm one is supposed to have a 'crook-like projection' or 'jug-like handle'. This one doesn't have it so I'm waiting to see what happens next. Did the moth emerge from yours or the hornworm caterpillars show up on your plants?