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Host plants for hornworms?

hilnaric
9 years ago

I live in an area that used to have quite a large population of sphinx moths, but between the plant devastation of the 2004/2005 hurricanes and the huge amount of building during the frenzy they've become rather rare.

So I was kind of surprised to find one buzzing around my garden the other day, poor thing. I presume that I may find hornworms on my tomatoes/eggplant/peppers in the not too distant future. I want those plants for myself, but I'm quite happy to relocate the worms to a suitable host plant in the nature preserve next door, but I'm having trouble finding names or any info more specific than "solanaceae".

I think moonflower is a host for them. Is that right? Can anyone recommend any other FL native plants they like?

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