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Catalpa sphinx moth caterpillar
Ceratomia catalpae
36.1545, -95.9907
Field Notes
Description:
ADULT: forewing brown with black-rimmed gray discal spot and faint dark lines crossing wing; hindwing brown with 2 or 3 transverse lines; abdomen brown with no yellow spots.
LARVA: early instars mostly white with black polkadots; later instars mostly black with broad yellow lateral stripe.
Habitat:
Deciduous forests, woodlands, suburbs containing host plants.
Notes:
The frass (insect poop) all over the sidewalk tipped me off to the caterpillars' presence above me (photo #4). I looked up and it was literally raining frass from the dozens of caterpillars on the catalpa tree.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 16, 2012
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