Ryan from the U of I Extension teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander how to manage garden pests and he brought a live horn worm for show and tell. Why are your tomato plants suffering and what are ...

As tomato plants grow and yield small round tomatoes, another unexpected creature may appear: the Tomato Hornworm. Learn how ...

The hornworm is a common name for a sphinx moth’s caterpillar (larvae). One species of hornworm is called the “tomato hornworm” because it loves to munch on the leaves of tomato plants. Another ...

You can identify tomato hornworms by their bright green bodies with green-margined white stripes running down the length. Mature caterpillars can grow up to 4 inches long with a black horn at the ...

Sphinx moths lay eggs on a variety of plants. While the hummingbird moth larvae aren't typically considered pests, other sphinx moths are notorious – including the dreaded tomato hornworm (larval ...

Both tobacco and tomato hornworms are most commonly found feeding on leaves of tomato and tobacco, but will also feed on other plants in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), including Irish potato ...

One is the tomato hornworm, better known to entomologists as Manduca quinquemaculata. The other is the tobacco hornworm or Manduca sexta. I doubt that there are any vegetable gardeners in the ...

Tomato hornworm caterpillars have eight V-shaped marks on each side, and their horns are straighter and blue-black in color. They develop into the five-spotted hawkmoth.

Q: I have big caterpillars on my tomato plants. One is green and has many white seed-like things all over it. Today I saw a dead, black caterpillar with seed-like things all over it. What goes?<br ...

Tomato hornworms feed on potato, tobacco, tomato, and other plants in the nightshade family (Solanaceae). Other species of hornworms will feed on other plants such as your trees.