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Tobacco Hornworm (Carolina Sphinx)

Manduca sexta

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Tobacco Hornworm (Carolina Sphinx)

Manduca sexta

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Jacob Gorneau
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Jacob Gorneau
You may also want to submit this to bugguide.net for confirmation. Tomato hornworms have v-shaped markings, while the tobacco hornwom has just diagonal. Compare: Tobacco: http://bugguide.net/node/view/171783 Tomato: http://bugguide.net/node/view/36844
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PublishedMarch 10, 2011

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