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Waved Sphinx Moth Caterpillar

Ceratomia Undulosa

Notes:

Found crawling on backpack at campground

3 Comments

kjgrinter
kjgrinter 8 years ago

Yes, It does look like one. Tobacco fields are prevalent in the area and so I guess I jumped to the easy conclusion. Thanks for the ID.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 8 years ago

Please take a look at the link I provided above and compare to your caterpillar. I would love to see this spotting updated. :-)

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 9 years ago

Neat find! This looks like a Waved Sphinx caterpillar.

kjgrinter
Spotted by
kjgrinter

Weston, Missouri, USA

Spotted on Sep 13, 2014
Submitted on Sep 14, 2014

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