"O, yet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final goal of ill,
To pangs of nature, sins of will,
Defects of doubt and taints of blood;
"That nothing walks with aimless feet;
That not one life shall be destroyed,
Or cast as rubbish to the void,
When God hath made the pile complete;
"That not a worm is cloven in vain,
That not a moth with vain desire,
Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire,
Or but subserves another's gain."
—Tennyson.
Chapter VIII
THE TOMATO OR TOBACCO WORM
This insect is often very destructive to tomatoes and tobacco. Most country boys and girls know it and fear its ugly looking horn. When full grown it is four inches long, usually dark green with a number of slanting white lines along either side. It is so near the color of the plants that it is difficult to see it.
Egg of Tomato worm moth enlarged.