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Carolina Sphinx Moth

Manduca sexta

Photo by Carol.Luber
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Field Notes

Description:

Giant

Habitat:

In parent's pepper plant

Notes:

Ate an entire tomato plant!

Species ID Suggestions

Tobacco hornworm

Manduca sexta

Reference Link
Latimeria
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Comments (6)
lori.tas
Hi Latimeria. Yes, so I'm learning. Thanks.
animaisfotos
Amazing colors. Thanks for sharing. Great capture.
Latimeria
Lori, I'd say that's a tobacco hornworm, not a tomato hornworm. They're very similar, but the tomato hornworm has 8 V-shaped markings. The tobacco hornworm just has 7 diagonal stripes, which this one has.
lori.tas
It's the catipillar of the Five spotted hawk moth, known also as the Tomato hornwom. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manduca_quinquemaculata
Carol.Luber
It about 2.5 maybe 3 inches. It destroyed some leaves in my dad's veggie garden!
peter
How big was it, 2-3 inches?
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PublishedOctober 12, 2010

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