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Camoflage - Xylophanes tersa
Copyright © 1969 ScreaminScott

Camoflage - Xylophanes tersa
Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia, USA
December 31, 1969
Size: approx 3 inches
Found in my flower bed. I'm assuming it's related to the Hornworm Caterpillars as it has the "horn" on the back end

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Camoflage - Xylophanes tersa Camoflage - Xylophanes tersa
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Contributed by ScreaminScott on 13 August, 2009 - 9:31pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Nina, 13 August, 2009 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

totally cool
wish it was in my garden! I plant specifically to attract certain species... including hornworms. I tell my friends that I have lots of "sacrificial plantings" for the caterpillars to eat.
… Nina, 13 August, 2009 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

dont scream scott, it will be
dont scream scott, it will be okay!
youre right it is in the sphinx family..its Tersa Sphinx - Hodges#7890 (Xylophanes tersa)lucky you to see such a thing..
… shotguneddie, 13 August, 2009 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

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