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Banded Sphinx Caterpillar

Eumorpha fasciata

Description:

Caterpillars highly variable. Black spiracles edged with white, and diagonal white stripes pointing towards the head (much less common than the reverse, in sphingids) seem to be common features. One caterpillar form is mostly green. Another form has a base color of green or yellow, pinkish-red and black cross-stripes, red feet and longitutudinal sub-spiracular green or yellow stripes edged with red.

Habitat:

Old fields, nearby woodlands with hostplant

Notes:

The biggest one we found was at least 4" long.

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1 Comment

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

Two beautiful caterpillars....

Jennifer94
Spotted by
Jennifer94

Sulphur, Louisiana, USA

Spotted on Oct 7, 2017
Submitted on Oct 7, 2017

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