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Tersa Sphinx (caterpillar)

Xylophanes tersa

Photo by MrsPbio
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Field Notes

Description:

A sphinx moth caterpillar of some sort, I believe.

Habitat:

My bug-magnet... Aka my front porch. Don't know what it is about it, but almost every morning I find some weird creature on the pavement or the wall.

We live in former long leaf pine/ turkey oak Sandhill .

Species ID Suggestions

Tersa Sphinx (caterpillar)

Xylophanes tersa

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PublishedSeptember 6, 2013

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