Thanks! Seems like handpicking the larvae on the first generation was not thorough enough. Now it’s a horde. Today it’s looking bleak for one of the 4 plants ':)
The consumption of leaves is astonishing.
On the positive, this has been a good science project for my 5 yo. Catching larvae and pupae, and watching the birthing moth.
We’re not eating tomatoes (from these house plants anyway) but we’re having some fun.
That Regal moth is awesome! The caterpillar too. And I think i’d surrender the tomatoe plants to them the first time I saw them around.