hornworms
Green garden pests
Hornworms are large caterpillars with a distinctive horn-like projection on their rear end.
They're the larvae of sphinx moths or hawk moths, and several species are notorious garden pests that devour tomato, tobacco, and pepper plants almost overnight: The hornworms stripped my tomato plants bare.
Despite their fearsome appearance, the horn is harmless.
Mysterious, unreadable person
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- larvalOf early insect stages
- instarArthropod developmental stage
- moltingPeriodic shedding of covering
metamorphosis · pupa · prolegs · frass · segments · spiracles · caudal · lepidoptera
Pest takeover situation
- defoliationLoss of foliage
- damageHarm or impairment
- controlAuthority to direct
- handpickingSelecting carefully, individually
pesticide · insecticide · organic · crop · destruction · herbivory · feeding · voracious
Red culinary fruit
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- pepperPungent dried berry spice
- eggplantPurple edible nightshade fruit
- nightshadeOften toxic plant family
potato · jimsonweed · datura · petunia · foliage · leaves · stems
sphinx
Mysterious, unreadable person
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- larvalOf early insect stages
- instarArthropod developmental stage
molting · metamorphosis · pupa · prolegs · frass · segments · spiracles · caudal · lepidoptera · life cycle
infestation
Pest takeover situation
- defoliationLoss of foliage
- damageHarm or impairment
- controlAuthority to direct
handpicking · pesticide · insecticide · organic · crop · destruction · herbivory · feeding · voracious · skeletonize
tomato
Red culinary fruit
nightshade · potato · jimsonweed · datura · petunia · foliage · leaves · stems
reptile food
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
- dustingRemoving surface grime
- bearded dragonSpiny-throated Australian lizard
chameleon · leopard gecko · nutrition · protein · breeding · raising · captive · pet food
- garden problemsaphids, beetles, blight, mildew, rot
- larvaelarvae, larva, caterpillar, caterpillars, maggot
- plant pestsaphids, aphid, caterpillar, mealybugs, mites
- tobacco farmingtobacco leaf, tobacco leaves, tobacco fields, tobacco field, tobacco barn
- pet foodfish food, pet food, cat food, dog treats, kibble
- Vineyard Pests
hornwormsbeneficial insects
Arthropods aiding agriculture
pollinators · parasitic wasps · ladybugs · lacewings · predatory insects
hornwormsgrubs
Immature beetle stage
maggots · beetle larvae · fly larvae · inchworms · wireworms
- tomato hornwormSphinx moth caterpillar stage