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Manduca sexta
I'm not sure if this is a spinx moth or hummingbird moth. I attempted to grow a few tomato plants in 5 gallon buckets this spring and they didn't do as well as I hoped. So I dumped the soil out the buckets into the yard and to my surprise there was more than soil. There was a cocoon. So I tried to be gentle and it bury back into the soil I dumped. Later that evening a moth appeared near where I dumped the soil. I planted the tomatoes in late March and don't recall seeing any caterpillars on the the tomato at any point.
tobacco hornworm caterpillar http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/688...
Spotted on Jun 16, 2011
Submitted on Jul 16, 2011
3 Comments
Nice thanks for the tip! Extra resources are always appreciated :)
Glad to be of help. What you want is an ID guide. Check out
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide...
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide...
I have found (and they admit) that not everything is in the database but is does help.
Hey 1Sarah2! Your suggestion for post http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/686... just helped me identify this guy.
I searched around before I posted and couldn't find a match but after seeing your post a couple more searches and blame! Guess finding it in my tomato bucket should have been a clue. Thanks!!