← Back to context Comment by neutronicus 8 hours ago Finding hawk moth caterpillars on my tomato plant was one of the bigger wtfs of my adult life 4 comments neutronicus Reply nkozyra 8 hours ago Honestly you're lucky there were any leaves left.You must have caught it within two or three hours after its arrival.In the US we have similar hawk moths; the tomato hornworm also looks like a hummingbird when it reaches maturity. empyrrhicist 7 hours ago Once I started leaving just the ones with parasitoid wasp eggs on their backs in the garden, I completely stopped having problems with these guys. jacobolus 5 hours ago The "hornworm" caterpillars leave amazing poops behind. They look like (not so) little green grenades.Their moths are important pollinators of some nice native flowers. neutronicus 3 hours ago When I noticed them they were covered in wasp pupae, so maybe that slowed them down.I'm in the Eastern US, btw.
nkozyra 8 hours ago Honestly you're lucky there were any leaves left.You must have caught it within two or three hours after its arrival.In the US we have similar hawk moths; the tomato hornworm also looks like a hummingbird when it reaches maturity. empyrrhicist 7 hours ago Once I started leaving just the ones with parasitoid wasp eggs on their backs in the garden, I completely stopped having problems with these guys. jacobolus 5 hours ago The "hornworm" caterpillars leave amazing poops behind. They look like (not so) little green grenades.Their moths are important pollinators of some nice native flowers. neutronicus 3 hours ago When I noticed them they were covered in wasp pupae, so maybe that slowed them down.I'm in the Eastern US, btw.
empyrrhicist 7 hours ago Once I started leaving just the ones with parasitoid wasp eggs on their backs in the garden, I completely stopped having problems with these guys.
jacobolus 5 hours ago The "hornworm" caterpillars leave amazing poops behind. They look like (not so) little green grenades.Their moths are important pollinators of some nice native flowers.
neutronicus 3 hours ago When I noticed them they were covered in wasp pupae, so maybe that slowed them down.I'm in the Eastern US, btw.
Honestly you're lucky there were any leaves left.
You must have caught it within two or three hours after its arrival.
In the US we have similar hawk moths; the tomato hornworm also looks like a hummingbird when it reaches maturity.
Once I started leaving just the ones with parasitoid wasp eggs on their backs in the garden, I completely stopped having problems with these guys.
The "hornworm" caterpillars leave amazing poops behind. They look like (not so) little green grenades.
Their moths are important pollinators of some nice native flowers.
When I noticed them they were covered in wasp pupae, so maybe that slowed them down.
I'm in the Eastern US, btw.