The tobacco hornworm has its diet and its genes to thank. The tobacco hornworm attacking a coyote tobacco plant in the Great Basin Desert, Utah. Pavan Kumar/Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology ...

Here’s a rather graphic example of good bugs, bad bugs and something special in between! Ron Eaton took this photo of tobacco hornworms he found in his Lake Smith yard in Virginia Beach recently. The ...

A caterpillar that eats tobacco leaves containing lethal doses of nicotine 'smokes' the toxin to ward off predators. Until now scientists were unsure of how the tobacco hornworm processed the ...

Look, we’re not saying smoking is good, but tobacco can confer the superpower of breath so toxic it keeps away spiders. Take a quick breath and come meet the tobacco hornworm, a caterpillar that has ...

This friendly insect could be the happiest in the world, with a series of 'smiles' down both sides of its body. Called a tobacco hornworm, the creature appears to have numerous faces with what look ...

The most common insect pests of tomatoes, tomato hornworms (Manduca quinquemaculata) and closely related tobacco hornworms (M. sexta) are frequently found feeding on leaves and stems of tomatoes, ...

The relationship between caterpillars and plants is incredibly complex and can give rise to fascinating mysteries. One such conundrum involves tobacco hornworm caterpillars and their interaction with ...

So you think tobacco is bad for your health? Try telling that to a tobacco hornworm: His stinky nicotine breath is the only thing keeping him off the evening dinner menu, scientists say. In a study ...

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The big, meaty green caterpillars that many of us have been fighting to eradicate from our gardens this summer make plenty of people squirm. In part it’s because they are among the largest ...