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27-SEP-2005

Tomato Horn Worm

yard

I'd gotten ahead on tomato picking and so decided to let the next batch sit on the vine for a week or two before I went out to pick. Unfortunately, the vast majority of what was left was eaten. Most the tomato fruit had about a third of a side eaten off, like some starving bunnies must have raided my small plot. On closer examination, however, I found a half dozen of these little beasts. Well fed, they are almost the size of cigars; way too big to squish.
The only real consolation is that they mature into the cool sphynx (or hummingbird) moth.

Nikon D100 ,Sigma 50mm f/2.8 EX Macro
1/160s f/5.6 at 50.0mm with Flash full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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