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Death's-head Hawk-moth Caterpillar

Acherontia styx

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Field Notes

Description:

Quite long, the body is full of dots..

Notes:

Family Sphingidae

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Jason Alexander
Hmm.. Thanks Scott, I prefer A. styx for this one.. Thanks :)
Scott Frazier
Well it would seem to be one of two species, Acherontia lachesis or A. styx based on range. One source (Biology. Dupont & Roepke 1941) reports "the larva to be green or greyish brown in Java, the horn less recurved than in lachesis." http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/sphingidae/sphingidae_3_2.php but I don't know which species it is. ("Scott").

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PublishedApril 15, 2014

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