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Silver Stripe Hawk Moth Caterpillar

Hippotion celerio

Description:

Mature Larva 5cm

Habitat:

Lilly plant.

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7 Comments

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

aaah yes, looks much more like hawk. Thank you for advice, Ill be sure to search the scientific name next time!

Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 11 years ago

Nope. Look at the following page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippotion_c...

A quick way to check is to Google the scientific name. Mostly the wiki link is the first. On that same search page it usually shows a link with images as well where you can see other photos as well.

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

Hi Johan, could this be the moth that came from this caterpillar?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/130...
found in my home

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

Thank you Johan. I am going with the Silver Stripe!

Smith Zoo
Spotted by
Smith Zoo

Western Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Aug 20, 2012
Submitted on Aug 20, 2012

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