Sunday Morning Photograph April 10 2022: The Tobacco Hornworm.

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Spring is here, and April showers bring May flowers, so the adage goes; but fruits and vegetables are also thriving in countless gardens in the northern hemisphere β€” and one might not even initially think about the Manduca sexta, which is also known as the as the Carolina sphinx moth or the tobacco hawk moth…
…but when it is in its larva stage, it is commonly referred by the informal name of…

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