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Godzilla Lives!

Remember Godzilla? The 1954 iconic film, Godzilla, featured what Wikipedia calls "an enormous, destructive prehistoric sea monster awakened and...

This three-inch-long tobacco hornworm appears to be ready to eat more tomato leaves (or the photographer). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This three-inch-long tobacco hornworm appears to be ready to eat more tomato leaves (or the photographer). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This three-inch-long tobacco hornworm appears to be ready to eat more tomato leaves (or the photographer). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)


"Godzilla" roaming around her habitat. Tobacco hornworms (Manduca sexta) become Carolina sphinx moths, also known as hawkmoths or tobacco hawkmoths. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Godzilla" roaming around her habitat. Tobacco hornworms (Manduca sexta) become Carolina sphinx moths, also known as hawkmoths or tobacco hawkmoths. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, September 17, 2021 at 2:37 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Food, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

The Hornworms Are Not Your Friends

If you love tomatoes, you probably hate hornworms. Frankly, the garden's not big enough for both of you, and one of you has to go. It's not...

This hornworm is feeding on a pepper plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This hornworm is feeding on a pepper plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This hornworm is feeding on a pepper plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

When the caterpillar or larva  is disturbed, it
When the caterpillar or larva is disturbed, it "rears up into an Egyptian sphinx-like pose," says entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

When the caterpillar or larva is disturbed, it "rears up into an Egyptian sphinx-like pose," says entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The frass (droppings) from a  hornworm. It's a tell-tale sign you have hornworms in your garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The frass (droppings) from a hornworm. It's a tell-tale sign you have hornworms in your garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The frass (droppings) from a hornworm. It's a tell-tale sign you have hornworms in your garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The tomato hornworm turns into a  sphinx moth or hummingbird moth (family Sphingidae). (Wikipedia Photo)
The tomato hornworm turns into a sphinx moth or hummingbird moth (family Sphingidae). (Wikipedia Photo)

The tomato hornworm turns into a sphinx moth or hummingbird moth (family Sphingidae). (Wikipedia Photo)

Posted on Monday, August 30, 2021 at 8:00 AM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Natural Resources, Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Behold the White-Lined Sphinx Moth

Our cat used to catch them. She'd bring them into the house and watch them flutter at our feet.  The white-lined sphinx moth (Hyles...

White-lined sphinx moth in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
White-lined sphinx moth in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

White-lined sphinx moth in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

White-lined sphinx moth heads for salvia (sage). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
White-lined sphinx moth heads for salvia (sage). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

White-lined sphinx moth heads for salvia (sage). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

View from above of the white-lined sphinx moth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
View from above of the white-lined sphinx moth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

View from above of the white-lined sphinx moth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, September 7, 2012 at 11:07 PM

Big on Butterflies

Our cat is an entomologist. She has no formal training in the science of insects, but she can catch insects with the best of 'em. Plus, her...

Xena the Warrior Princess is a feline entomologist. She specializes in butterflies and sphinx moths. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Xena the Warrior Princess is a feline entomologist. She specializes in butterflies and sphinx moths. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Our feline entomologist collects moths. This is probably a sphinx moth, the adult form of the tomato hornworm (Manduca sexta (Linnaeus). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Our feline entomologist collects moths. This is probably a sphinx moth, the adult form of the tomato hornworm (Manduca sexta (Linnaeus). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, August 29, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment

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