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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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Sphinx ? - Manduca sexta
Copyright © 2009 Dustin Turner

Sphinx ? - Manduca sexta
Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
August 5, 2009
Size: 4"
It was measured horn to head as shot in image. It was ravaging tomatillo tomato plant leaves. I let it live.
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Contributed by Dustin Turner on 11 September, 2009 - 7:39am
Last updated 11 September, 2009 - 5:51pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Maury J. Heiman, 11 September, 2009 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

Tobacco Hornworm
also known as Manduca sexta the Carolina Sphinx Moth
Welcome to Bugguide!

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… Andrew Williams, 11 September, 2009 - 7:44am login or register to post comments

 
And ....
thenks for letting it live..
… Edna Woodward, 11 September, 2009 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

 
Hornworms
I second! One of my tomato plants has had little use this year except to rear hornworms!
… Nick Richter, 11 September, 2009 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Well,
look at it this way: the adult is a good pollinator of some night (dusk to dawn) blooming flowers.
… Beatriz Moisset, 18 June, 2010 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

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