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Manduca sexta
Hummingbird Moth Caterpillar
Backyard tomato garden
We are wondering if anyone knows what the eggs are it's body. This caterpillar has been eating at our tomato plants for weeks, and all of the sudden this weeken it is covered with what appears to be eggs. We would like to know if this is normal, or if it is being attacked.
Lovely! M. sexta is the only species that feeds on tomato with a drooping red horn.
Thank you. Yes... I see these are the eggs of a braconid wasp. I also see that there are mixed reviews if the caterpillar can be saved.
Spotted on Sep 12, 2011
Submitted on Sep 12, 2011
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