We must have found 5 or more tomato horn worms down in "Tomato Town" at the Northwold garden. We've got over 100 tomato plants. The morning was spent tying up tomato limbs to keep them off the ground. As you are working with the tomato you can definitely see some issues. If you notice a few limbs that have been "chewed up" or tomatoes that look like they have a hole chew in them, you'll probably find a horn worm near by. Today the horn worms were even easier to spot because they all have these white larvae all over their bodies. My instinct was to destroy these worms, but upon further research I should have left these worms. The white larvae will actually feed on and kill the hornworm. Check out this link for more information http://www.vegedge.umn.edu/vegpest/hornworm.htm
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