The Death's-head hawk moth, recognizable by its skull-like thorax marking, is a harmless yet intriguing insect found across Africa, Asia, and Europe. This species employs unique defenses, including a ...

Caitlyn Forster previously received funding from the Australian Research Council. She is affiliated with Invertebrates Australia. As the weather starts to warm in Australia, you might notice the ...

I saw your recent column about tomato fruitworms, and was wondering if this pest also eats leaves. The leaves of one of my tomato plants are being eaten by something. A couple of the branches now have ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...

Yes, this is a hornworm. And yes, it looks a lot like a tomato worm or a tobacco worm. And lucky for this hornworm, it doesn’t feast on tomato leaves. It eats the leaves of several native plants, ...

Chewed up leaves can inspire feelings along the spectrum between outrage and joy. Spongy moth caterpillars defoliating the cherished oak tree? Despair. Striped monarch butterfly caterpillars on the ...

This tiny wasp is natural pest control for the hornworm caterpillar, bane of summer gardeners. Tomato growers know the tobacco hornworm can destroy a plant overnight. But a tiny natural ally helps ...

What initially appears to be a confusing video of a moth-hummingbird hybrid creature is actually a perfect excuse for us to explain an intriguing evolutionary phenomenon. The creature is the ...

Although I wrote about this phenomenon a few years ago, I’m revisiting the subject now because they have returned. The ‘they’ consists of masses of catalpa hornworms currently consuming the leaves of ...

Ryan from the U of I Extension teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander how to manage garden pests and he brought a live horn worm for show and tell. Why are your tomato plants suffering and what are ...

Our beloved tomato plants face many challenges these days. One of these is the tomato hornworm. Tomato hornworms are hugely destructive pests that can decimate tomato plants with their voracious ...

"My turn to hold the hornworm!" Youth and adults alike clamored to hold the tobacco hornworms at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's Moth Night. While attendees held the hornworms, other hornworms ...