the happiest caterpillar in all the land

This is what we found, munching very happily on our tomatoes one morning. A hornworm caterpillar. So, so fat and so, so poopy (really... according to the world wide web, that's how you can identify this caterpillar... by its large poop) and so, so content to eat from our garden. He's gone now, munching tomato leaves in our yard waste, and I think our plants will recover. We're happily harvesting tomatoes, eggplant, peas, beans, peppers, basil, zucchini, and, someday soon, watermelon. A good year in our back 40 (no thanks to you, hornworm caterpillar).