Here is a picture of a “hornworm” that we found yesterday munching on our potato plants (Jodie Frey found one last week on one of her tomatoes). Hornworms feed on plants of the nightshade family (tobacco, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplant), and are the larvae of several large sphinx moth species, aka hawk moths.
Thankfully, still no sign of late blight that we can find – see front page story in the Morning Call today – it sounds truly devastating
3-inch caterpillar of the Carolina Sphinx (a "hornworm")