Tomato hornworm! 🌱👨‍🌾 Manduca quinquemaculata, the five-spotted hawkmoth, is a brown and gray hawk moth of the family Sphingidae. The caterpillar, often referred to as the tomato hornworm, can be a major pest in gardens; they get their name from a dark projection on their posterior end and their use of tomatoes as host plants. Tomato hornworms are closely related to (and sometimes confused with) the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta. This confusion arises because caterpillars of both species hav

We all learn about the monarch butterfly life cycle and how the caterpillar turns into a chrysalis and then into a beautiful butterfly. But not everyone knows that a lot of insects go through that same process of complete metamorphosis — flies, beetles, and moths to name a few. The process of turning into a pupa, or the resting stage between the larva and adult, can look very different depending on what type of insect you have. Here is an example of a tomato hornworm caterpillar turning into a p

Tomato hornworm, also known as five-spotted hawkmoth or Manduca quinquemaculata, feeding on a tomato plant in a garden. Common garden pest found on tomato plants in North America.

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Tomato hornworm or horn worm. Latin name Manduca quinquemaculata. Caterpillar crawling on grass. Caterpillar mimic like grass. Stock Video

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