Tobacco hornworm caterpillars have no organs that resemble ears. Yet, scientists were able to figure out how they hear—and it ...

The OP posted an image of a scary-looking hornworm in the r/gardening subreddit. The green caterpillar had horns coming out ...

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A reader of our column from Ashland dropped me an email about these huge green worms in her garden a number of years ago and wondered what she could do about them. She pulled five off her plants and ...

One of the most loathsome garden pests, the tomato hornworm, is just as nasty as he looks. Despite its name, the “hornworm” isn’t a worm at all. This garden pest is actually a caterpillar, the larvae ...

I saw your recent column about tomato fruitworms, and was wondering if this pest also eats leaves. The leaves of one of my tomato plants are being eaten by something. A couple of the branches now have ...

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The tobacco hornworm has its diet and its genes to thank. The tobacco hornworm attacking a coyote tobacco plant in the Great Basin Desert, Utah. Pavan Kumar/Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology ...

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Q: I am finding a large worm varying from 2 to 5 inches in length on my grapevines. It is about a half inch in diameter. The body color varies — green, pink, gray and brown worms have been removed and ...

This friendly insect could be the happiest in the world, with a series of 'smiles' down both sides of its body. Called a tobacco hornworm, the creature appears to have numerous faces with what look ...