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Photo by PaulaHill
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Field Notes

Description:

Green caterpillar with black stripes and yellow dots. It looked to have black horns on one end.

Habitat:

Found attached to my moonflower vine.

Species ID Suggestions

Pink-spotted Hawkmoth

Agrius cingulata

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Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (2)
Jacob Gorneau
Wow! Gorgeous caterpillar! The closest match I could find was Agrius cingulata.
LuckyLogan
It looks like some type of hornworm, but I couldn't locate an precise species.

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PublishedOctober 22, 2012

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