{"id":1761,"date":"2010-10-14T18:56:32","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T01:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2014-05-27T17:43:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T00:43:25","slug":"it-gets-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/it-gets-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"It gets worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Tomato-Bug.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1760\" title=\"Tomato Bug\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Tomato-Bug-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Tomato-Bug-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Tomato-Bug.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I went outside to pick some tomatoes for my salad today and it seemed there weren&#8217;t as many ripe ones there as I saw yesterday. \u00a0So I picked three and came back in. Then Denis went out and came back to say he knew why there were no tomatoes. &#8220;You might want to see this,&#8221; he said. \u00a0He showed me this ugly green 4-inch long monstrosity as it chewed leaf after leaf while we stood there in horror. I don&#8217;t know how he spotted it because it blends right in with all the green. But wait, it gets worse. &#8220;There&#8217;s another one,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And two more.&#8221; \u00a0There were four! Four homely-ass, worm-like, can&#8217;t-tell-the-front-from-the-back ugly-sticks. Where are the eyes? \u00a0Those things that look like eyes&#8230; aren&#8217;t. \u00a0Maybe it has no eyes, only teeth. \u00a0Those aren&#8217;t teeth, they&#8217;re like giant clamps &#8211; look at it! \u00a0Now it gets even worse because I came back with my camera and got close to get this shot and I accidently touched one. Eeeeeeeeww!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Manduca_quinquemaculata_adult_female.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1773\" title=\"Manduca_quinquemaculata_adult_female\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Manduca_quinquemaculata_adult_female-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a>*Oct. 15th addition:<\/p>\n<p>I just found out it&#8217;s called a Tomato Hornworm and it eventually turns into a moth.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a photo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went outside to pick some tomatoes for my salad today and it seemed there weren&#8217;t as many ripe ones there as I saw yesterday. \u00a0So I picked three and came back in. 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