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ash7019 · July 24, 2017

When watering the tomato plants, heard a loud buzzing, or maybe more of a sputtering like the Wright Brothers' first airplane, right overhead. A fairly big dark flying insect was dive-bombing. Thought maybe a bumble or carpenter bee, or some sort of big beetle? But then it landed on a tomato plant - and took off before I got a close look at it.

Curious if that could that have been the adult moth of the tomato hornworm. Are they really loud flyers?

July 24, 2017	#1
ash7019 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: NJ-6a Posts: 18	Do Tomato Hornworm Adult Hawk Moths Buzz Loudly? When watering the tomato plants, heard a loud buzzing, or maybe more of a sputtering like the Wright Brothers' first airplane, right overhead. A fairly big dark flying insect was dive-bombing. Thought maybe a bumble or carpenter bee, or some sort of big beetle? But then it landed on a tomato plant - and took off before I got a close look at it. Curious if that could that have been the adult moth of the tomato hornworm. Are they really loud flyers?