Known as the tobacco or tomato hornworm, the common caterpillar is one of the primary ... or the horned tomato worm moth. There are about 1,400 species of hornworms in the world and most of ...

Tomato hornworms are targetted by parasitic wasps that lay their eggs in the caterpillar. The larvae will feed on the hornworm and parasitic wasps make an excellent form of natural pest control.