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Pandora Sphinx - Hodges#7859 (Eumorpha pandorus)
Photo#140150
Copyright © 2007
Alien
Very large green caterpillar? -
Eumorpha pandorus
New Jersey, USA
August 26, 2007
Size: bigger than a 5 cent
Found in a bush.
What is this Caterpillar?
Can you hold it?
Bigger than 3 inches.
Contributed by
Alien
on 26 August, 2007 - 5:38pm
Last updated 21 September, 2007 - 2:04pm
Moved
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john and jane balaban
, 21 September, 2007 - 2:04pm
Thanks!
All right, thankyou!
It seems to like the grape i gave it, it's not poisonos then?
Because i would like to hold it =3
I googled the Sphinx Moth pictures.
It's is so pretty when it molt's.
Thank-you again :)
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Alien
, 26 August, 2007 - 6:38pm
Actually
This is the caterpillar of a Sphinx Moth. It is
Eumorpha pandorus
, the Pandorus Sphinx. If you would like to raise it, feed it leaves from the bush you found it on, and provide it some dirt to dig into. When it is finished growing, it will burrow and pupate. It is already pretty close to this stage, as evidenced by the lack of a horn.
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Bobby Grizzard
, 26 August, 2007 - 6:08pm
My bad.
Thanks for the correction. :D
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Andrew Meeds
, 26 August, 2007 - 6:42pm
i think
it's some sort of swallowtail cat.
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Andrew Meeds
, 26 August, 2007 - 5:41pm