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

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.

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

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caterpillar Insecta Manduca sexta, family Sphingidae

Tomato Goliath Hornworms caterpillar can be serious pest tabasco Hornworms are also called Manduca