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Invertebrates and vertebrates are the animals that eat tomato plants. Examples of invertebrates include aphids, blister beetles, cutworms, earwigs, flea beetles, horn-worms, Japanese beetles, leaf-footed bugs, leaf-hoppers, nematodes, potato beetles, slugs, snails, stink bugs, tomato fruit-worms, two-spotted spider mites, white-flies, and wire-worms. Vertebrates range from chipmunks to deer, mice, rabbits, raccoons, rats, squirrels, voles, and woodchucks.
The person who asked the question has said: "We are having trouble in our garden that as soon as our tomatoes turn red AT ALL, the next morning they are GONE! Or the larger ones are sometimes found half eaten laying in another spot in the garden. Help! We have not gotten to eat one ripe tomato this season!!!"
Answer:It can be - ground hogs, rabbits, possums, raccoons, squirrels, rats, birds or even other animals like deer! Depending on where you live.
Solutions:
- You can try repellent sprays
- Buy a cat or a dog to chase it away (what ever is eating out your tomatoes)
- You can always put out a live trap and bait it with tomatoes
- Try juicing hot peppers and spraying the fruit and leaves.
The rabbit is the most common of the pests for green tomatoes. If you live in a suburban area, it's a possibility that deer or raccoons might also be the culprit. Possums are a distinct possibility too.
Squirrels and chipmunks will eat tomatoes (both green and ripe) off of the vine.
rabbits, voles, deer, woodchucks, squirrels,chipmunks, and humans
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