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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 » Dilophonotini » Pachylia » Fig Sphinx - Hodges#7841 (Pachylia ficus)
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Bright green caterpillar (now orange backed) - Pachylia ficus
Copyright © 2006 Kort

Bright green caterpillar (now orange backed) - Pachylia ficus
Boca Raton, West Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
May 18, 2006
Size: Over 3 inches long
UPDATE: After eating up a bunch of leaves, the caterpillar turned from all light green to this color combination overnight. Later on Friday it buried itself in the sand at the bottom of the terrarium. I assume it has gone into chrystalis.

Images of this individual: tag all
Bright green caterpillar - Pachylia ficus Bright green caterpillar (now orange backed) - Pachylia ficus Bright green caterpillar (now orange backed) - Pachylia ficus Pupa opened! (Pachylia ficus Fig Sphinx) - Pachylia ficus Top View, drying wings (Fig Sphinx) - Pachylia ficus Side View (Fig Sphinx) - Pachylia ficus
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Contributed by Kort on 22 May, 2006 - 11:30am
Last updated 23 May, 2006 - 6:52am

:D
I used to have on of these, then set it free ^^
… Alien, 3 June, 2007 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

Nice, This will make a great series
You may want to dig up the pupa after several days and get a picture of that too. Can't wait to see the adult!
… john and jane balaban, 22 May, 2006 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Me neither!
Be very gentle with that pupa!

Interesting that even the face changes color prior to pupation.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 22 May, 2006 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

 
check this image
Pachylia ficus Fig Sphinx at Oehlke
… john and jane balaban, 22 May, 2006 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice find, J & J!
that site is a great resource for Sphingids that I had forgotten about.

I'm moving these great images to the guide - I hope we get a follow-up with an adult image, too.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 23 May, 2006 - 6:43am login or register to post comments

 
YES!
That would be the one. Thank you so much for the ID!
… Kort, 22 May, 2006 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

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