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Carolina Sphinx (Tobacco Hornworm)

Manduca sexta

Habitat:

found him eating my tomato plant. so far this is the only one I have found.

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Carolina Sphinx (Tobacco Hornworm)
Manduca sexta Species Manduca sexta - Carolina Sphinx - Hodges#7775 - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

LauraSaenz
LauraSaenz 9 years ago

Had to look up pictures and see the differences, but you were right! Thank you. It didn't do too much damage, but it was obvious damage. The night before my leaves were perfect, but the next day drooping and clearly munched on!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 9 years ago

Nice find! Hopefully, it didn't eat too much of your tomato plants!

LauraSaenz
Spotted by
LauraSaenz

Navasota, Texas, USA

Spotted on May 21, 2014
Submitted on May 21, 2014

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