Tomato horn worm eggs are laid by a hummingbird moth. THW get on tobbacco too, and then they’re called tobbacco horn worms. The hummngbird moth is really cool. Looks and moves just like a baby hummingbird.
If you ever fins a horn worm with little rice looking grains all over it, leave it alone, or take it off and put it in the edge of the woods or something. The rice grain thingys are a parasitic wasp that feeds on hornworms. The details are pretty gruesome, so I’ll leave that to your imagination!
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Wow. I had no idea. We have hummingbird moths here, and their numbers appear to be increasing. Thanks for the tip!