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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) » Macroglossinae » Macroglossini » Darapsa » Virginia Creeper Sphinx - Hodges#7885 (Darapsa myron)
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Virginia Creeper Sphinx - First Instar - Darapsa myron
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Virginia Creeper Sphinx - First Instar - Darapsa myron
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
July 1, 2010
First instar.

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Contributed by tom murray on 15 July, 2010 - 7:30am
Last updated 15 July, 2010 - 9:49am

We added the instar information to the title
(Hope that is OK) and used these on the species page under Life cycle. Nice series!
… john and jane balaban, 15 July, 2010 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

 
Info page looks nice
This year I'm doing a better job keeping the caterpillars alive through the final instar.
… tom murray, 15 July, 2010 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Just wanted to comment
that this is a great photo of a cute little instar :)
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 26 November, 2010 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

 
They are cute
And I had fun rearing them this summer.
… tom murray, 26 November, 2010 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

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