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Tobacco hornworm feeding on a ripening tomato, with image credit to Joe Boggs, OSU Extension.

Protect Your Tomatoes From Hornworms This Season

If the leaves of your tomato plant seem to suddenly be disappearing, take a closer look. There is a good chance there are one or more hornworms feeding on your plant. Left unchecked, hornworms can…

Hornet perched on and gripping a cicada on a wooden surface

Cicada Killer Wasps

Over the past couple of weeks, N.C. Cooperative Extension has received numerous inquiries about large black and yellow wasps called Cicada killers hovering over the front yard. News stories over the…