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Manduca sexta
Fat green caterpillar with white diagonal stripes edged with black on the upper border, "horn" is red,
Garden
On tomato plant; compare with the tomato hornworm which has eight whitish or yellowish "V"-shaped marks laterally, and pointing anteriorly & the "V"-shaped marks are not edged in black. Also, in tomato hornworm the "horn" tends to be black in color
Spotted on Aug 31, 2015
Submitted on Aug 31, 2015
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Since you know the identity of your marvelous caterpillar, please add the scientific name to your spotting to make it complete. This caterpillar is also known as the Carolina Sphinx Moth, Manduca sexta. Here is a link for more information. http://bugguide.net/node/view/3244