Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

five spotted hawkmoth

Manduca quinquemaculata

Description:

It is a fairly large moth that has a 5 in. wingspan on their abdomen they have 5 orange spots.

Habitat:

found under a mercury vapor light bulb

Notes:

At night they can fly up to 30 mph and their host plant is tomato .

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

Ornithoptera80
Spotted by
Ornithoptera80

Texas, USA

Spotted on Apr 5, 2019
Submitted on Jun 25, 2019

Related Spottings

Tobacco Hornworm Moth (Manduca sexta). Tobacco Hornworm Tobacco hornworm Tobacco Hornworm

Nearby Spottings

spiny oak slug moth Io moth (Automeris io) Azalea sphinx moth Honey locust moth
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team