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Light blue body with a pale green head and an orange horn at his tail-end.
Suburban back yard.
Found this guy while doing yard work. I can't find anything like him on the internet identification sites.
Spotted on Jun 23, 2013
Submitted on Jun 23, 2013
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Hi Lily, this is a pretty neat find! It's a caterpillar from Family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths. How large was this caterpillar? Do you have any other images with different angles?
The caterpillars from this Family of moths are often called Hornworms because of that amazing horn that comes off the back end (not all of them have it but many of them do).
I did a little searching but I haven't found a match yet. Here is a link from BugGuide to the Family page. Hope this helps!
http://bugguide.net/node/view/193/bgpage...