A female moth can lay up to 2000 hornworm eggs! The eggs will hatch in less than a week, becoming tiny caterpillars that begin eating tomato leaves. If tomato leaves are not available or they have ...

Tomato branches with missing leaves will ... vary in color from yellow/light green to white. Crush eggs if found. Handpick caterpillars and drown them in a container of soapy water. Hornworms ...

John E. Woodmansee Photo: Tobacco hornworm on a tomato plant that has been attacked by a parasitic Braconid wasp. The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae ...