It's a tomato hornworm. The are so effective in camouflaging themselves among the tomato plants. You literally can't see them. Once you've seen one then you can see others. Last year I have several dozens of these pests and since I try to be as organic as possible they won the battle. I still got a good crop of tomatoes though. This year I will be moving my tomatoes to a different location in the garden and if they do come back I will ask to neighbor kids to come over and pluck them and give them to their chickens! I have a real problem squashing a 4 inch meaty little worm. Though I will say they are very photogenic. It's amazing what you will see in the garden once you really start looking.
Happy gardening!
That's a GREAT - I mean REALLY a great photo.
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Awesome. our pillers in FL tend to be hairy beasts! Sorry you lost the battle with these guys, but if you are going to lose to a critter at least you lost to a magnificent looking one!
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