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 ...

If you grow tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, or other nightshades, there’s a good chance that you’ve encountered large green caterpillars feeding on your plants. Known as the tobacco or tomato hornworm, ...

Hornworm caterpillars are some of the largest larvae in the world, and many gardeners enjoy marveling over their plumpness even though they need to keep them away from eating their plants. If those ...

The leaves of my tomato plant are being eaten by something. Some of the stems are completely bare of leaves. Is there anything I can do to protect my plants? I suspect you have a tomato hornworm or ...

The relationship between caterpillars and plants is incredibly complex and can give rise to fascinating mysteries. One such conundrum involves tobacco hornworm caterpillars and their interaction with ...

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 ...

Let’s play Clue….no, not the board game. This is Garden Clue. Clue No. 1: Dark green to black-colored pellets on the ground and on some leaves of tomato. Clue No. 2: Tips of tomato stems are ...

Gardeners, for the past week or so, each time I go outside to check my tomato plants, there is an uninvited guest munching away. Twice each day -- morning, and evening, I examine each of my tomato ...

Q: We have several different types of trees in our yard that have for the past three to four years been infiltrated by those large green hornworms. It is a complete puzzle to us where they come from, ...

Ah, summer in Iowa! For the home gardener it is the best of times and the worst of times - sorry Charles Dickens. My coneflowers, dill and tropical milkweed are all in bloom and beginning to attract a ...

Scientists at MSK and their collaborators in Germany and Switzerland used tobacco hornworm caterpillars as an alternative to rodents in experiments to study gut inflammation. The caterpillars may also ...