Comments on: Tomato Horn Worms

By: Diana Leonard

Diana Leonard — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:13:26 +0000

I found a worm/caterpilar that looks very similar to a tomato horn worm, except it has no white markings, it is a dark olive green and the horn on the hind end is the same color. My dog dug it up out of the ground. Are there burroughing caterpilars? We are in Baja, Mexico, and the soil is very sandy.

By: sara conklin

sara conklin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:41:15 +0000

today when i got home from school my dad showed me a bug he found while taking stuff out of the car,it was huge, fat, brown, and had a stinger?Me my dad and brother would like to know wht it is so plz tell me i have a go to youtube and look at the video, type a weird bug. plz respond

By: Sami

Sami — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:24:23 +0000

Well, now I’ve heard it all! Those things you call a “Beautiful Bug”, and you hope to see it cacoon and emerge into a Beautiful Moth, are actually destroying your crop! Trust me, there are enough of them that escape destruction, to never see extinction. But, if you care more about those Destructors, than your crops… Why Bother trying to grow in the first place? Frankly, I’m more concerned with my family’s nutrition than a stupid BUG!

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:10:26 +0000

I just found a Tomato Horn Worm on my Potato tree. He/she is the size of a persons middle finger. HUGE! It is beautiful. I used to not like them but, upon reading the response’s here, I will let it stay. I just hope I do get to see it coccoon and emerge into a beautiful moth. I’m off to capture natures beautiful bugs on film. Enjoy!

By: Yvonne McCarthy

Yvonne McCarthy — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:09:03 +0000

I am a photographer and have some gorgeous pictures of the worms. I have caught some dark videos of the moths. The other day there was one in my pool and it was barely alive. I pulled it out, took pictures and kept checking on it. I guess it recovered because it flew away. I can’t believe I got to hold the moth. If you’d like any of the pictures you are welcome to them.

By: shyann

shyann — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:04:21 +0000

I am eight years old. I had a fun time looking up about the horn worms. I thought it was very cool to write a paper on the horn worm. I am happy because I found a horn worm in my tomato plant and I get to show it to my class. I will have a fun time showing it to my class. I will have a fun time sharing my paper that I wrote by myself and I looked up on the computer. My class will have a fun time looking at it and learning about it. from shyann

By: paul hofferber

paul hofferber — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:34:28 +0000

I have found 4 of the pests in one day and there are probably many more in my tomato plants

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:47:21 +0000

I have the tomato horn worm also. They was not, on my tomato plants, They was on my moon flowers. They left all of my tomato plants alone.The type of moon flowers I have is the bush type, Not the vine. Ask your friends and neighbors for seeds for moonflowers. These worms turn into beautiful moths.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:14:57 +0000

Welp, I just plucked one of these suckers off of my basil plant, well is WAS my basil plant…

I have/had a small basil plant in a pot on my balcony which I water every day, and when I came home today i too wondered if there had been some odd weather because all of it’s leaves were gone. While I was investigating I bumped into this giant green caterpillar. I jumped and screamed because this thing is HUGE!

I’m to inquisitive to squish it so it’s living in an apothecary jar in my kitchen. I’ve fed it tomatoes, squash and zucchini and I’m hoping it will cocoon. Last year I found a swallow tail and ‘hatched’ it.

Pretty cool.

By: Ed the Ppirate

Ed the Ppirate — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:47:16 +0000

I’ve always loved them tomater werms, since I was a kid.
People, maybe you hate them because they eat so much and can destroy your tomato plants, but please don’t squish them! Don’t you know caterpillars are candy for birds? Maybe put them in a bowl or someplace where the birds can get them- you want the birds eating the insects in your garden, right?