Tale of the Tomato Hornworm

Up close and personal with a hornworm munching a tomato leaf.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• hornworm
• tomato
• gardening

[cbohar84]

It will adorably destroy all tomatoes in sight, glad they stayed away from my garden this year...

[dudeinma55ter]

Its last meal... I like your style lady.

[gkale1]

I saw one of these crawling across my driveway the other day it was weird.

[zelda1fiction1child]

This reminds me of a story my brother told me:

In his high school, there was this kid named Barry who would eat bugs alive for money, so one day I heard he was eating a tomato worm and I wanted to go. So he puts the worm in his mouth, pops it in, chews it (along with some icky, sticky green blood secreting from the worm) and swallows it. XD

I was about 12 years old, and I puked up my dinner.

XDDDD

[Dracosgal8]

I throw these things in the road and let the cars run over em i cant stand em

[ARandomDaydreamer]

awww

for something that destroys your tomatoes they're actually pretty cute :D

[theresam28]

That is actually a tobacco hornworm..tomato have 8 lines and a black horn, versus 7 lines and a red horn.

[Automeris]

Like I said, that one is just your speed.

[CropDusterMan]

Unlike the rest of your dribble, I take offense to that one, but considering your intellect, I'll let it slide.

[Automeris]

Naw, just go to Mexico. A good dog fight is even more up your alley.