Tobacco Hornworm

The rear horn is one of the distigushing signs to tell the difference between the Tobacco Hornworm and the
Tomato Hornworm (I always thought they were just regional names for the same creature.)
The Tobacco Hornworm rear horn is red (and becomes the Carolina Sphinx Moth. The Tomato Hornworms rear horn
is green and black and is the larva of the Five-Spotted Hawk Moth. They both feed on the same plants;
tobacco, tomato, potato, and related crops.
Both larva are often victims of parasitic wasps, whos white cocoons may protrude from the host caterpillar.

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