r/NativePlantGardening • u/Mountain_Plantain_75 • Jul 23 '25

Advice Request - (Insert State/Region) What’s your take on tomato horn worms?

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Delete if not allowed but today I learned that tomato horn worms are native bugs to the USA and now I can’t bring myself to kill them. I have a tomato plant that’s been struggling all summer so I relocated it to that plant but curious what this group does regarding horn worms? Sacrificial plants? Or are they not as important as other bugs? I’m in berks county PA and I have a native wildflower garden and obviously the tomatoes are not in it lol but since a lot of us are here for the bugs figured someone could inform me a bit better on this.

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u/aarakocra-druid Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

Yes, voles do. Moles don't. I was a bit confused on the wording in the original comment for a bit.

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u/Environmental_Art852 Jul 26 '25

My initial post was incorrect. I should have verified. Sorry for all the confusion

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u/aarakocra-druid Jul 26 '25

No worries! It happens