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Blinded Sphinx (larva)

Paonias excaecata

Description:

Green caterpillar with raised pointed crest near end

Habitat:

On a box in a forest

1 Species ID Suggestions

Blinded Sphinx (larva)
Paonias excaecata http://bugguide.net/node/view/131589/bgimage


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2 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Beautiful! I think this is the larva of Paonias excaecata, but you might want to verify. Could you also add this to my mission, "Moths of the World?" Thank you very much.
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841...

keithp2012
keithp2012 10 years ago

I saw one like this, but I still don't know what species. Mine was on Oak.

chloejchloe
Spotted by
chloejchloe

New York, USA

Spotted on Jul 20, 2013
Submitted on Jul 20, 2013

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