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Carolina Sphinx Moth (Tobacco Hornworm)

Manduca sexta

Habitat:

Found eating my tomato plant

2 Species ID Suggestions

Tobacco Hornworm
Manduca sexta Manduca sexta
jerseycow18
jerseycow18 12 years ago
Tomato caterpillar


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3 Comments

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

Actually, the tomato hornworm is an entirely different species: Manduca quinquemaculata. It has v-shaped marks on its sides, rather than diagonal slashes like the tobacco hornworm has.

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 12 years ago

also known as tomato hornworm. Pretty moths too!

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

One of my favorite caterpillars.

Susan12
Spotted by
Susan12

Carmel, Indiana, USA

Spotted on Jul 13, 2011
Submitted on Jul 13, 2011

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