I found the same thing yesterday eating my Datura plant. The leaves were completely chewed off. When I looked closer to inspect the plant, I saw this caterpillar/larvae. It was chewing on a leaf. I swear that it stopped chewing and looked at me when I leaned in to get a closer look. (My husband thought I was crazy.) He poked it with a stick, and it actually attacked the stick! It was quite comical.
Anyway, I looked it up and mine was a tobacco hornworn which they say is often confused with a tomato hornworn. They do look similar. They turn into these huge brown moths.
By the way Datura is poisonous, and caterpillars eat it to make themselves poisonous. Interesting.
Anyway, I looked it up and mine was a tobacco hornworn which they say is often confused with a tomato hornworn. They do look similar. They turn into these huge brown moths.
By the way Datura is poisonous, and caterpillars eat it to make themselves poisonous. Interesting.
