Tobacco Horn Worm...What?

We have been struggling with what ever

was eating the leaves off our tomato plants.

We do not use pesticides,

but I have also never had this problem before,

and I have

been gardening for a very long time.
Found it today..what was this monster?

51/2 inches long and fatter than my finger...

he was surely the gluten that was devouring my plants.

Researched and found that the red horn on his head identified him as a tobacco not a tomato worm. Who would have known. Sorry he was way to fat and nasty for me to squish...

so we drove down the country road

and released him into the weeds.

None of us was

fond of his ugliness..

way to creepy!