hornworm

The tomato hornworm is a large green caterpillar that will do a lot of vine feeding, until a parasitic wasp named the braconid shows up and lays eggs to hatch and feed on the poor thing.

Groundwork: More tomatoes Adrian Higgins 2010

Scientists have studied this host and parasite so closely because the hornworm is a champion pest, devouring not just tobacco but tomatoes and other vegetables.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Scientists have studied this host and parasite so closely because the hornworm is a champion pest, devouring not just tobacco but tomatoes and other vegetables.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Scientists have studied this host and parasite so closely because the hornworm is a champion pest, devouring not just tobacco but tomatoes and other vegetables.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

The interesting thing is that there is also a tomato hornworm, which is the caterpillar of the five-spotted hawk moth Manduca quinquemaculata.

Archive 2007-08-01 AYDIN 2007

The interesting thing is that there is also a tomato hornworm, which is the caterpillar of the five-spotted hawk moth Manduca quinquemaculata.

Where is a Cotesia AYDIN 2007

The spokesthing for the hot decline of the season was the tomato hornworm.

The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010

Insect pests include an enormous number of species from tiny thrips, that are nearly invisible to the naked eye, to the large larvae of the tomato hornworm.

Pest management 2009

But once it is infected by wasps, the hornworm turns its food into sugar, a quick source of energy that the parasites use for fast growth.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Normally a hornworm would convert a lot of the leaf into fat, a stable form of energy that it can store away for the time when it will fast inside its cocoon.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009