Today I noticed my large tomato plant was missing many leaves. When I took a closer look I spotted the largest frass (caterpillar poo) I've ever seen. It took a couple of minutes before I spotted these two very large tomato hornworms.Scientific name:
Manduca quinquemaculata
After they pupate in a few days, they will later emerge as 5 spotted hawk moths, also known as hummingbird moths, because they sort of look like a hummingbird, and sip nectar like one too. I have spotted an adult over the past weeks at my bee balm, so I guess these are her babies.
