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Tobacco Hornworm

Manduca sexta

Description:

This little caterpillar looking worm is common in gardens and eats from the leaves of the tomato plant. He later falls from the plant and burrows in the ground and later comes out a moth.M

Habitat:

Tomato plants

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1 Comment

annorion
annorion 12 years ago

The diagonal lines and red horn leads me to think this is a tobacco hornworm. Check out this post has some good info in comments. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/711...

aiminghigh4god
Spotted by
aiminghigh4god

Alabama, USA

Spotted on Aug 27, 2011
Submitted on Aug 28, 2011

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