Manduca quinquemaculata

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… Maury J. Heiman, 26 July, 2009 - 6:04pm

comment was duplicated here - oops.

… David J. Ferguson, 26 July, 2009 - 4:31pm

Close, but I think it's

a Five-spotted Sphinx -Manduca quinquemaculata - the Tomato Hornworm. The markings are similar, but a tad different (the nearly straight dark line near the outer (lower in this photo) edge of the front wings is one clue. The pattern on the back of the thorax is another.

The caterpillars have about the same preferences as the other, and they both like Tomatoes very much..

… David J. Ferguson, 26 July, 2009 - 4:30pm

Carolina Sphinx , Manduca sexta i think..

Looks like the adult of the tobacco hornworm "tomato worm" Wait for the moth experts to be sure.

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… Andrew Williams, 26 July, 2009 - 4:22pm

Tomato Hornworm. Very similar, but this moth is not Manduca sexta

… Roar, 26 July, 2009 - 4:31pm

thanks...

I do have the hornworms around here, just didn't know which one, or what level of diversity there was here.

… solano, 26 July, 2009 - 4:37pm

we have both here

I'm sitting in Albuquerque right now too - :o] I haven't seen any Tobacco Hornworm adults this year yet, but lots of these - so far. Seems to me that most years it's the other way round.

We have other Manduca species too, but none seem as common as these two, and I don't think any of those feed on this plant family.

… David J. Ferguson, 26 July, 2009 - 4:46pm