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Jul 6, 2015 6:09 AM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Jim, the tobacco hornworm only eats things in the nightshade family so you can't just stick him in a tree to find another host. He will eat eggplant, brugmansia, datura, nightshade, etc. But not most trees.

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