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

How to Spot Tomato Hornworms . In my 15+ years as a gardener I’ve only found tomato hornworms on my plants twice. The first time I discovered them was because I spotted the caterpillar’s poop ...

The spotted tomato hornworm feeds on both the leaves and the fruit of tomatoes, but growing your tomatoes next to this herb ...

Tomato hornworms are a highly destructive pest of tomato plants, but they have predators you can encourage in your garden.

While it can be devastating to see the tomato plants you've lovingly cultivated destroyed overnight by hornworms, there's a good reason to avoid killing them.

View of half of a tomato on a plate, with a tomato horn worm crawling through its middle, January 1990. (Photo by Tom Kelley/Getty Images) Getty Images ...

For a gardener, the tomato hornworm is the worthy foe. The larva of the sphinx moth is almost the exact color of the tomato leaves, which makes it a challenge to spot unless doing so is your sole f… ...

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 ...

How to identify and control tomato hornworm and other garden insects. By David Epstein August 17, 2014 2 minutes to read. Share... Share Close. Send this article to your social connections. Email ...

How do you know if your tomatoes are under attack by a hornworm? Here are a few clues, pictured from left: No. 1. There are dark pellets on the ground beneath a tomato plant. No. 2. Defoliated ...