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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Manduca » Carolina Sphinx - Hodges#7775 (Manduca sexta)
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Five-Spotted Hawk Moth - Manduca sexta
Copyright © 2009 Michael A. Cruz

Five-Spotted Hawk Moth - Manduca sexta
Piney Point, Manatee County, Florida, USA
July 1, 2009
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Contributed by Michael A. Cruz on 1 July, 2009 - 4:44pm
Last updated 4 November, 2010 - 11:10am

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 November, 2010 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

Manduca sexta
Looks like the Carolina Sphinx (M. sexta) to me... (http://bugguide.net/node/view/3244) Most of the "Tomato Hornworms" I've reared out in the East have actually been M. sexta, not the "true" tomato hornworm, M. quinquemaculata. M. quinquemaculata is a lighter moth with better-defined lines on the forewings.
… Paul Dennehy, 3 November, 2010 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

i suspect
its a little battered but try this:
Five-spotted Hawk Moth - Manduca quinquemaculata
(when he was a kid he liked tomatos)
… Edna Woodward, 1 July, 2009 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

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