I spend a lot of time outside every day. I am usually too wet and dirty to go inside for a snack, so I grab a hand full of Yellow Pear tomatoes.
I call them Golden Pear because it is so much more poetic. These tomatoes are the perfect size to pop in your mouth. They are not too acidic to eat alone.
This morning I started to pick a snack and noticed signs of another snacker. Missing leaves and frass(poop) means caterpillars.
The expected suspect was the Tomato Hornworm/ Manduca quinquemaculata. I searched and search for the expected intruder, only to discover many other visitors on Golden Pear.
I first found a brown caterpillar.
Then an exoskeleton shed by a cicada.
I almost picked this pear with a tiny frog on it.
No jewel could be more gorgeous than this tiny amphibian.
I finally located the suspected munchers.
There were three. They were smaller than I expected.
I even clipped one off the plant and had to put it back.
These caterpillars make lovely moths. I do not mind sharing my Yellow Pear tomato leaves.
Who knew there was all this life on Golden Pear?
FLOW
floweralley 
You’re a generous soul, Flow!
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More munching to follow. Thanks Audrey
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Clever title! I love the little frog too. 🐸
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It never moved off its pear the whole time I was there. Gorgeous green.
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These golden pears are my favorite tomato for eating out of hand. This year, there were almost none at the farms, thanks to the heat and drought. Next year!
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Super easy to grow. They get very tall though.
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What a darling little frog! Hornworms are rather voracious, though I love the adults buzzing about the garden. I scout out wild nightshade plants, so if I find a worm on a tomato/potato, I can move it to the wild one and everyone is happy. 😉
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Great idea. My next post is along this line. I feel as though I am running a delicatessen.
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😀
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The frog is gorgeous, and the caterpillars are so well camouflaged too. Worth growing the tomatoes just for the wildlife! 😃
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Yes. A lot of that goes on here. Thanks Cathy.
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Who knew?? What a great, life-affirming mini-exposé on the fact that we all benefit from things that grow. Great photos – I love the frog. Do they sing too?
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Not this kind. More to come. Running a food pantry for wildlife here.
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Looking forward to seeing more on that. 🙂
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