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Great Ash Sphinx caterpillar

Sphinx chersis

Description:

About 3.5 inches long. Spotted climbing down a young ash (?) tree.

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3 Comments

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

Wow, ok. From the pic, it looks like this worm is the size of a big big tree. Funny. Awesome spot!

Kristi-Lea
Kristi-Lea 11 years ago

My phone was about a foot away from the caterpillar, so I'd say it was about 3.5 inches long.

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

sjoe, how big is this worm? is that a whole tree its sitting on?

Kristi-Lea
Spotted by
Kristi-Lea

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Spotted on Aug 3, 2012
Submitted on Aug 4, 2012

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