Both deer and woodchucks eat tomato plants. It is neither of their favorite... perhaps some deterrent chicken wire will help.

Snails too.

floral has posted photos of the snails they contend with in the UK... they might just be able to cart off a tomato plant! If nothing else, they have high hopes!

Can't say I have seen any snails capable of defoliating an entire tomato plant or carting one off in NY.

Deer are my primary tomato plant eaters. Squirrels go after the fruit - green or red - and rabbits will much on small young plants. Groundhogs I can fence out but anything that grows over the 6' fence are fair game as far as my deer are concerned.

Dave

Thanks.

Will deer and woodchucks also eat eggplant and pepper foliage?

Probably not, no, but not impossible.

IME deer, if hungry enough, will eat anything they can get to.

Dave

Any sign of tomato horn worms? They don't cart off plants, but can certainly eat off the leaves.

I was really just answering the title question - 'What eats tomato plants?' Snails can defoliate a young transplant. But even my giant hungry snails don't pull them up and tow them away. I don't think they work in teams..... yet.

Fawn deer will try anything and everything at this time of year to see if they like it. I saw my first fawn of the spring with it's mama on the way to work this morning in a neighbors hosta bed.