Isaw your recent column about tomato fruitworms, and was wondering if this pest also eats leaves. The leaves of one of my tomato plants are being eaten by something. A couple of the branches now have no leaves. I am wondering what is going on with my tomato and am worried about the other plants.

— Sam Gilbert, Glenview

I suspect you have a tomato hornworm or tobacco hornworm caterpillar eating your tomato foliage. This is not a big concern in my opinion, as only one of your tomato plants shows damage. The tomato fruitworm feeds on fruit, not leaves. Small tomato hornworms are yellow to white with no markings and are very difficult to see. These caterpillars can reach 4 inches long and are green with white bars and a slender horn pointed upward at the rear end, making them difficult to fi

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