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Tobacco hornworm

Manduca sexta

Photo by AnaMoral
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This caterpillar is bright green with white stripes across. No "hair" except a pointy end at the tail. Its main food are solanaceaus plants, like tobacco or in this case, tomato.

Habitat:

Found mainly in he Gulf Coast, this caterpillar feeds only from solanaceaus plants and it is a big defoliator.

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