![]() ![]() At high populations, they can defoliate plants extensively and scar the fruit. Hornworms feed on blossoms, leaves, and fruit. Eggs are light green or yellow turning white at maturity. The adult is a large mouse-brown moth with narrow wings and a wingspan of up to 5 inches. Pupae are brown or reddish brown and up to 2.25 inches long. Pest description and crop damage The tomato hornworm larvae is over 3 inches long when full grown, green, with eight chevron-shaped white stripes and a distinctive large "horn" on the posterior end of its body. ![]()
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