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caterpillar - Oct. 26 - Manduca sexta
Copyright © 2011 Ilona L.

caterpillar - Oct. 26 - Manduca sexta
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
October 26, 2011
Size: 70mm
The caterpillar had eaten all the leaves in the container and now was eating the stems. I hoped it would pupate before I ran out of ground cherry leaves. There have been several frosts already and the leaves are starting to shrivel up in the garden but there were still enough left for the caterpillar to feed on. This is a pretty hefty caterpillar -- almost 3 inches long.

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 30 October, 2011 - 12:08am

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