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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) » Smerinthinae » Smerinthini » Paonias » Small-eyed Sphinx - Hodges#7825 (Paonias myops)
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Caterpillar - Paonias myops
Copyright © 2009 wingedmary

Caterpillar - Paonias myops
Masillon, Ohio, USA
August 28, 2009
Caterpillar found crawling in picnic area on hill above Jackson Bog. Most people think it's a Sphinx Moth caterpillar but don't know what kind.
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Contributed by wingedmary on 12 September, 2009 - 8:43am
Last updated 7 November, 2011 - 6:04pm

Moved
Moved from Paonias.
… john and jane balaban, 7 November, 2011 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Abigail Parker, 26 September, 2009 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

i agree:
with ryan, i was trying to puzzle this out myself.
… Edna Woodward, 12 September, 2009 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

Paonis spp.
Either Paonis excaecatus or P. myops. My guess would be P. myops because of the backward pointing horn of this individual which is more characteristic of this species than P. excaecatus.
… Ryan St Laurent, 12 September, 2009 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

sphinx?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/206486

if the "spikes" look like this picture where they are more prominent, this might be a match: maduca rustica(rustic sphinx)?

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… bdedo, 12 September, 2009 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

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