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Carolina Sphinx (Tobacco Hornworm)

Manduca sexta

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ForestDragon
ForestDragon 9 years ago
Carolina Sphinx (Tobacco Hornworm)
Manduca sexta Species Manduca sexta - Carolina Sphinx - Hodges#7775 - BugGuide.Net


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tmiah469
tmiah469 9 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! I changed the name.

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ForestDragon
ForestDragon 9 years ago

Cool find! This looks like a Carolina Sphinx caterpillar. The Five-spotted Hawk Moth (Tomato Hornworm) has different markings on the side (eight V-shaped marks vs. seven diagonal marks). You can compare here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/5011

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tmiah469
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tmiah469

Irving, Texas, USA

Spotted on Dec 18, 2014
Submitted on Dec 18, 2014

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