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Tobacco Hornworm (Carolina Sphinx)

Manduca sexta

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Tobacco Hornworm (Carolina Sphinx)
Manduca sexta Tobacco Hornworm - Manduca sexta - BugGuide.Net


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Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

You may also want to submit this to bugguide.net for confirmation. Tomato hornworms have v-shaped markings, while the tobacco hornwom has just diagonal.
Compare:
Tobacco: http://bugguide.net/node/view/171783
Tomato: http://bugguide.net/node/view/36844

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North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Mar 10, 2011
Submitted on Mar 10, 2011

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