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Carolina Sphinx

Manduca sexta

Photo by Mel Carroll
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Beautiful specimen, almost 3 inches long. Found dead in the road.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Mel Carroll
Very similar to Five-spotted Hawkmoth Manduca quinquemaculata except the carolina has 6 spots.

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PublishedAugust 16, 2011

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