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Caterpillar

Sphingicampa

Description:

Saturniidae is as far as i can get

Habitat:

Tx thorn scrub

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3 Comments

Coniontis
Coniontis 10 years ago

Thanks for the ID help!

Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago

I agree with Livan. That is the closest I could get.

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 10 years ago

I think it is a Species Sphingicampa caterpillar. The closest I see is Sphingicampa bicolor - Honey Locust Moth, but there is mentioned of the similar Sphingicampa bisecta - Bisected Honey Locust Moth but there are no caterpillar pictures.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/42646

Coniontis
Spotted by
Coniontis

Brownsville, Texas, USA

Spotted on Nov 14, 2013
Submitted on Dec 5, 2013

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