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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Bombycoidea » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Macroglossinae » Macroglossini » Proserpinus » Terloo Sphinx - Hodges#7879 (Proserpinus terlooii)
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Mystery Caterpillar - Proserpinus terlooii
Copyright © 2008 Robyn Judith Waayers

Mystery Caterpillar - Proserpinus terlooii
Culp Valley, Anza Borrego Desert, San Diego County, California, USA
March 21, 2008
Size: 35 mm
Found this caterpillar among low-growing desert vegetation.
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Contributed by Robyn Judith Waayers on 29 May, 2008 - 10:19am
Last updated 26 September, 2009 - 4:38pm

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 26 September, 2009 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 24 July, 2008 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

Not an ID but
check out this one
… John R. Maxwell, 29 May, 2008 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

 
Looks like close relative...s
Looks like a close relative...so maybe a sphinx moth larva?
… Robyn Judith Waayers, 29 May, 2008 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

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