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| The mother of the hornworm. A lucky find by Nick! |
Above, the elusive mother moth sleeping. She will eventually give birth to the hornworm, below in its wormy splendor. Nick and Nicky found 38 hornworms in the tomato tunnel the other day followed by another day of 25! This is an impressive number considering hornworms blend perfectly with their environment and look exactly like a tomato stem. We like to describe the hornworm as "the lion of the insect world" out here because one hornworm can disseminate and skeletonize several tomato plants.
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| In larval stage, the hornworm rears its ugly head. |
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Farm Crew 2011! Despite the mighty larvae,
we've had our best tomatoe crop yet this year! |
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