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Waved Sphinx Moth Caterpillar

Ceratomia Undulosa

Photo by kjgrinter
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Found crawling on backpack at campground

Reference Links:

Sphingidae, larva - Ceratomia undulosa - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Waved Sphinx

Ceratomia undulosa

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ForestDragon
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Comments (3)
kjgrinter
Yes, It does look like one. Tobacco fields are prevalent in the area and so I guess I jumped to the easy conclusion. Thanks for the ID.
ForestDragon
Please take a look at the link I provided above and compare to your caterpillar. I would love to see this spotting updated. :-)
ForestDragon
Neat find! This looks like a Waved Sphinx caterpillar.

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PublishedSeptember 14, 2014

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