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Tobacco hornworm

Manduca sexta

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Description:

Caterpillar w/white cocoons on back

Habitat:

My tomato plants

2 Species ID Suggestions

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hayde
hayde 12 years ago
Five-Spotted Hawkmoth
Manduca quinquemaculata Manduca quinquemaculata
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Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago
Tobacco Hornworm
Manduca sexta Species Manduca sexta - Carolina Sphinx - Hodges#7775 - BugGuide.Net


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4 Comments

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Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Only Manduca sexta has a red horn. Manduca quinquemaculata has a straight blue or black horn.

KristalWatrous
KristalWatrous 12 years ago

Wow, cool!

Noah Ranger
auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Looks to be a parasitized tomato hornworm.

misako
misako 12 years ago

Wow!

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CarlosPerez
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CarlosPerez

Virginia, USA

Spotted on Sep 17, 2011
Submitted on Sep 17, 2011

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