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Carolina Sphinx (Tobacco Hornworm)

Manduca sexta

Photo by LauraSaenz
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

found him eating my tomato plant. so far this is the only one I have found.

Species ID Suggestions

Carolina Sphinx (Tobacco Hornworm)

Manduca sexta

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Comments (2)
LauraSaenz
Had to look up pictures and see the differences, but you were right! Thank you. It didn't do too much damage, but it was obvious damage. The night before my leaves were perfect, but the next day drooping and clearly munched on!
ForestDragon
Nice find! Hopefully, it didn't eat too much of your tomato plants!
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PublishedMay 21, 2014

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