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Aug 11, 2022 11:57 AM CST
Name: Zoë
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Neither, leave them be!

The caterpillar is a tomato hornworm and the white "eggs" are the larvae of a parasitic wasp that breeds on — and kills — specifically that species of hornworm. Let them kill it and breed and they will become your personal army against future hornworms. Nature at her best!
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