Hornworms - Growing Small Farms | NC State Extension

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.

Description and Biology of Hornworms

Tobacco hornworm on tomato — — View original

black tomato hornworm — — View original

(photo above of uncommon black tomato hornworm by Sara Moize - thanks Sara!)

hornworm eggs are laid singly, usually on the underside of the leaf — — View original

Tobacco hornworm covered with the pupae of the parasitic Braconid wasp — — View original

hornworm with parasitic wasp pupae — — View original

Close-up of pupae showing where wasps have emerged — — View original

Wasp emerging from pupa — — View original

Recently emerged wasp about to take flight — — View original

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Debbie Roos Extension Agent, Agriculture - Sustainable/Organic Production