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Sphinx Moth Caterpillar

Eumorpha sp.

Description:

Eumorpha (meaning "well formed") is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family. The genus is mostly found in North and South America.

Notes:

Sphingidae is a family of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,450 species.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Eumorpha sp.


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49 Comments (1–25)

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

MAyra, Ceherzog, Patty, Joshua, Sachin & Atul, thank you very much.

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

wow how did i miss this one , amazing
congrats !

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Congratulations,

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

nice spotting man!

patty
patty 11 years ago

Congratulations and beautiful spotting and series =)

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Wonderful Sergio!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Parabéns Sérgio, e a foto do dia!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow, Sérgio, você esta terrivelmente incrível com suas capturas! Parabens!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

To all people who made such nice comments about this series, thank you very much. Your appreciation and support renew my willingness of bring you some more beauties from my country. Just wait... See ya. :-)

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 11 years ago

Congratulations, Sergio! Great spotting

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Congratulations Asergio !

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

Congratulations! So thrilled for you. I love your caterpillar. Great discovery and series.

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Awesome spotting! Congratulations!

Congratulations Sergio! This is an awesome spotting and series. Very well deserved my friend :)

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Congratulations Sérgio !!!

DeepankshiChittora
DeepankshiChittora 11 years ago

superb click :)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wow Wonderful series look at this guy Congratulations :):)

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 11 years ago

Felicidades en el SOTD...buena foto y especie...

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 11 years ago

Wow! This is amazing!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Jellyfish, thank you too.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Yasser, thanks a lot for choosing this spotting as SOTD. I am honored for it. Auntnance, Maria and jgorneau, thank you for the nice comments. Xará, obrigado novamente por suas palavras tão calorosas, eu entendo, é nosso sangue lusitano (no meu caso, um pouquinho, mas ele está lá sim).

Jellyfishnebula
Jellyfishnebula 11 years ago

Cool!

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 11 years ago

I must confess one thing,in last months i dont make comments on the spotting of the day because my emailbox(that is blocked) became full of comments on the spotting of the day,so i make a like and them i normaly comment another spotting of the same person,sorry people ,but my time is very short :)
however this time i make a exception,it's a spotting of the of my buddy Sérgio :D
how can i pass it with no comments :)
super,hiper,"Well formed " :) spotting Sérgio,great colours,perfect photo tecnic,awesome creature(more alien than this is impossible:) and great details,you even make a super ampliation to show the ,i presume,parasite of caterpillar,congratulations my friend and thanks for sharing the beauty of your fantastic BRASIL

Xára :D já sabes tou feliz:)aquele abraço meu irmão muitos parabéns

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Congrats! Very well-deserved!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Congratulations!

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Paraná, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 20, 2012
Submitted on Jan 20, 2012

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