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Large Fat Green Caterpillar - Pachysphinx modesta
Copyright © 2007 Harvey Schmidt

Large Fat Green Caterpillar - Pachysphinx modesta
Creighton, Northern, Saskatchewan, Canada
August 28, 2007
Size: 3 inches
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Contributed by Harvey Schmidt on 29 August, 2007 - 2:12pm
Last updated 20 July, 2012 - 11:21pm

Moved
Moved from Pachysphinx.
… David J. Ferguson, 20 July, 2012 - 11:21pm

Looks like it might be a Big
Looks like it might be a Big Poplar Sphinx (Pachysphinx modesta) but it's been parasitized
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 30 August, 2007 - 2:27pm

 
Ditto on ID
Exactly what I was going to say. Had the chance to rear these guys when working on my Biology thesis project.
… Tony H, 30 August, 2007 - 9:02pm

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