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Great Ash Sphinx

Sphinx chersis

Photo by FBCR
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43.1041, -89.5084

Field Notes

Description:

Color green, tiny orange or brown colored spot on each side of each segment. I see five large segments with a pair of "legs" on each segment, and a tight cluster of a few segments at the head end(maybe five more?), each with a pair of orange/brown structures like tiny legs. There is a horn -like structure at the tail end. It is about 2 inches long. I'm guessing it is the larva of a sphinx moth.

Habitat:

Found in the road. Nearest tree is an oak.

Species ID Suggestions

Great Ash Sphinx

Sphinx chersis

Comments (2)

Thanks for the ID suggestion, Fyn Kynd!
Moved to Arthropods. (in link go to bottom to view larva)

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