In addition to tomatoes, they also feed on other plants in the nightshade (Solanaceae) family including peppers, potatoes, eggplants, and tobacco.
These are the tomato hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata) and tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) both are a nasty pest and can cause a lot of damage to your tomato crop quickly. There are two types that are the main pest for gardeners in Canada and the U.S.A. If you’ve been growing tomatoes for a while there is a good chance that you’ve had to deal with these big green caterpillars in your garden. Photo credit Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,. Close up of a tomato hornworm feeding on a tomato plant.
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