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  • From: Lon Rombough <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Re: Interesting bugs
  • Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:18:11 -0800

The Hawk Moth family has a lot of members and several look very similar to the tomato hornworm, but don't feed on solanaceae family plants. There is one in California that feeds on grape vines (among other things) and the caterpillars look just like super-size tomato hornworms, but they don't touch tomatoes. That particular species isn't a problem because there is usually only one or two per vine and they don't eat enough leaves to do any damage.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Jan 25, 2005, at 10:08 AM, nancy szerlag wrote:

On 1/25/05 11:38 AM, "Miranda Smith" <miranda@tagoresmith.com> wrote:

These very well may be the mothers of tomato or tobacco hornworms...I
attracted them, inadventently, by growing lots of nicotiana. They are
beautiful, but the babies can sure do the number on a tomato crop.

Miranda



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