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Tobacco hornworm

Manduca sexta

Description:

This is a BIG caterpillar. 13cm long. Very docile, stays immobile when touched. A very nice creature.

Habitat:

A tomato plant, in my garden.

Notes:

Note the small "nails" in the third picture. They must be very strong to support this immense insect in the plant.

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20 Comments

cute!

Milind Mangare
Milind Mangare 11 years ago

awesome

BrandonBlount
BrandonBlount 11 years ago

Awesomely pudgy little guy! Reminds me of the Caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland. ;-)

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 11 years ago

Obrigado Camacho!

MarceloCamacho
MarceloCamacho 11 years ago

Beleza de foto, Rubens!

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Thanks Karen !

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Great photo!

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Thanks for all comments.

Mhmood Zaidan
Mhmood Zaidan 12 years ago

Alice in wonderland ^^ I like it.

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

ID changed to Tobacco hornworm.

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Araújo, boa idéia. Farei isso amanhã se ela ainda estiver lá. Veja que pelo número de listas dá para identificar a espécie correta, de acordo com a Wikipedia.

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Hi Alex.

Wikipedia link added with nice information and correct ID. From there:
"M. sexta have a short life cycle, lasting about 30 to 50 days. "

AlexTea
AlexTea 12 years ago

that last picture looks like a parrot with no wings to me haha what is the shelf life on that? how long does it live for?

Atul
Atul 12 years ago

absolutely stunning photo!!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

awesome.

Rubens Araujo
Rubens Araujo 12 years ago

Xará...tira uma foto do ferrão na cauda e publica !!!

Kate Russo
Kate Russo 12 years ago

That is a brilliant photo!

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 12 years ago

Fantastic photos!

isscarr
isscarr 12 years ago

It's amazing!

textless
textless 12 years ago

That first photo is excellent... such a face!

rubens.luciano
Spotted by
rubens.luciano

Caçapava, SP, Brazil

Spotted on Dec 10, 2011
Submitted on Dec 10, 2011

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