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Tobacco Hornworm

Manduca sexta

Photo by tomk3886
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Golden colored tobacco hornworm.

Habitat:

Found on tomato plant in our vegetable garden.

Notes:

I've been picking hornworms off tomato plants for decades and have never seen anything like this one. Their normal green color camouflages them very well. I saw this one from a distance. It stuck out like a sore thumb.

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Comments (1)

Very strange, never seen a Manduca sexta caterpillar that bright here either. Thanks for sharing.

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