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What does hornworm mean?

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  1. A species of moth, Manduca sexta
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Because this homemade pesticide only attacks the hornworm, it does not harm the environment and does not disturb the friendly insects in your field.
The eggs hatch and the young braconids feed on the viscera of the hornworm until they pupate as shown in the photo.
A male cockroach has about 125 glomeruli, and a male tobacco hornworm moth has about 60 glomeruli.
In the tobacco hornworm, many larval motoneurons become respecified and supply new muscles in the adult.
Parasitic wasps can be released to help control the hornworm.
The tobacco hornworm, for example, has played a key role in advancing knowledge about neurohormones known as allatotropins and their ability to regulate the biosynthesis of juvenile hormone.

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