Vegetable gardeners everywhere look forward to harvesting tomatoes each summer. But one pest that can ruin the fruits of your labor (literally) is the tomato hornworm. The caterpillars feast on the ...

If you grow tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, or other nightshades, there’s a good chance that you’ve encountered large green caterpillars feeding on your plants. Known as the tobacco or tomato hornworm, ...

Summer in the Mojave Desert isn't a time when locals do a lot of walking around during the day, but some organisms are remarkably active in the heat — particularly in our gardens. Not surprisingly, ...

As it gets towards the end of the summer growing season, you tend to be a bit less observant in the garden. Then one day you look out and your tomato or pepper plant is half gone. Look closely and you ...

Q:Regarding the hummingbird moth shown in Naturewatch [ in last Monday's Eagle], could you tell us what this moth evolves from? Is it some type of worm or caterpillar? J. M., Adams A:When we discuss ...

DEAR JOAN: Can you tell me what kind of caterpillar I found? It was a beautiful fluorescent turquoise. When I first saw it, it looked like it was trying to burrow into the ground. My husband touched ...