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A reader of our column from Ashland dropped me an email about these huge green worms in her garden a number of years ago and wondered what she could do about them. She pulled five off her plants and ...

Hornworms found feeding on tomatoes can be controlled by garden insecticides like carbaryl, permethrin and spinosad. Another biological control organism that can be used is Bacillus thuringiensis ...

Last summer I found three tomato hornworms feeding on my tomato vines. I was impressed with their bright colors and 4-inch length and wondered just what kind of a moth these turn into when they ...

While squirrels, deer and woodchucks are generally the most destructive consumers of garden tomatoes on Staten Island nowadays, the caterpillars known as hornworms pose a more subtle threat. The ...

Q: I saw lots of these bugs at the community garden this morning. They are massed on the open pods of a vine-like plant that has grown up the chain-link fence. The pods are about 3 inches long, ...

Gardeners, for the past week or so, each time I go outside to check my tomato plants, there is an uninvited guest munching away. Twice each day -- morning, and evening, I examine each of my tomato ...

Although a flower's bouquet can be composed of hundreds of chemicals, the tobacco hornworm moth needs to smell just a handful to identify its favorite source of nectar, the sacred datura flower. It is ...

Q: A couple of evenings ago, we were sitting on the back porch with well-deserved glasses of iced tea. We were looking at the neighbor’s desert willow tree and saw hummingbirds flitting all around. It ...

“What is that giant thing on my tomato? And, “What happened to that tomato plant! All its leaves have been stripped away!” Every year, these questions arrive from horrified gardeners who call the ...

"Whooo ... are ... you?" asked the hookah-smoking caterpillar of Alice, in Wonderland. Asking the question of the caterpillar instead, an international team of ...