Vegetable gardeners everywhere look forward to harvesting tomatoes each summer. But one pest that can ruin the fruits of your labor (literally) is the tomato hornworm. The caterpillars feast on the ...

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Tomato hornworms, Manduca quinquemaculata, are large green caterpillars that devour tomato plants along with other nightshades including peppers, potatoes, and eggplant. They can also be a little ...

Many gardeners have visited their vegetable garden to find a tomato plant that looked healthy the previous day but has since had its leaves almost completely stripped. When this occurs, there’s a good ...

Hornworms found feeding on tomatoes can be controlled by garden insecticides like carbaryl, permethrin and spinosad. Another biological control organism that can be used is Bacillus thuringiensis ...

Dear readers: Not long ago, I was asked how to grow healthy tomato plants and keep tomato hornworms at bay without harming them. I suggested having a sacrificial tomato plant that could be grown as a ...

The plump, green menace known as the tomato hornworm is a significant pest for anyone who grows tomatoes and other members of the nightshade family. (These include peppers, potatoes and eggplants.) ...

The most common insect pests of tomatoes, tomato hornworms (Manduca quinquemaculata) and closely related tobacco hornworms (M. sexta) are frequently found feeding on leaves and stems of tomatoes, ...

Nearly every avid gardener finds a spot in their garden for at least one tomato plant. And just as certain, even one lonely plant will attract three common pest insects. Whiteflies, tomato hornworms ...