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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 » Hemaris » Hummingbird Clearwing - Hodges#7853 (Hemaris thysbe)
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Hemaris thysbe 1st instar caterpillar - Hemaris thysbe
Copyright © 2011 Keith Roragen

Hemaris thysbe 1st instar caterpillar - Hemaris thysbe
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
July 27, 2011
Size: about 4mm
This is the first instar caterpillar of a Hummingbird Clearwing, recently hatched from an egg laid 07/24/11.

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Hemaris thysbe 1st instar caterpillar - Hemaris thysbe Hemaris thysbe 2nd instar? - Hemaris thysbe Hemaris sp. Egg - Hemaris thysbe Hemaris thysbe 3rd instar? - Hemaris thysbe Hemaris thysbe 4th instar? - Hemaris thysbe
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Contributed by Keith Roragen on 27 July, 2011 - 9:09pm
Last updated 20 August, 2012 - 3:47pm

yay!
please post a picture again in a couple of days..i have been rearing the western version (h thetis) i found and im trying to figure out what instar he was when found. so very interested in watching this! they grow extremely fast.
… Edna Woodward, 27 July, 2011 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

 
The next photo in the series is up
n/t
… Keith Roragen, 31 July, 2011 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

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