A tomato fruit chewed by a larva of tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata. To the right are moist, green, recently excreted pellets of its frass (excrement).
A tomato fruit chewed by a larva of tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata. To the right are moist, green, recently excreted pellets of its frass (excrement). Credit: Jack Kelly Clark