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Sphinx Caterpillar

Photo by FalonRanson
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Field Notes

Description:

Large hairless caterpillar? Crawled out of a garden tomato plant. White stripes on its side and single dark 'eye' spot on one end. As large as a man's finger.

Habitat:

Garden. Tomato plant. Summer.

Notes:

Doesn't like being on it's back.

Species ID Suggestions

Achemon sphinx caterpillar

Eumorpha achemon

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Christine Y.
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Comments (2)
FalonRanson
Thanks Christine Y. I followed your advice and changed the category to arthropod.
Christine Y.
Nice spotting. Since it's an insect, you can change the category to "arthropods".
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2017

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