The hornworm has just 70 muscles per segment, with just one nerve controlling each muscle, for the most part. 蠕虫每节有70根肌肉，每根肌肉大多只由一根神经控制。
Trimmer comes from the field of neurobiology, where he has been studying the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, since 1990. 崔默博士来自神经生物学领域，1990年研究菸草天蛾迄今。
Yet, the Tufts researchers point out, a caterpillar needs no postgraduate training before it begins to slink across a leaf. Remove the hornworm's primitive brain, and it still trudges forward. 但塔虎脱大学这几位研究员指出，毛毛虫不需要后博士训练，也能爬过树叶。即使拿掉蠕虫原始的大脑，牠依旧可以蠕蠕前行。
large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm. 大型的绿色带白条的天蛾幼虫，吃番茄和马铃薯；类似于烟草天蛾幼虫。
large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm 大型的绿色带白条的天蛾幼虫，吃烟草或相关植物；类似于番茄天蛾幼虫
large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm 大型的绿色带白条的天蛾幼虫，吃番茄和马铃薯；类似于烟草天蛾幼虫
