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Carolina Sphinx - Hodges#7775 (Manduca sexta)
Photo#6350
Copyright © 2004
Hannah Nendick-Mason
Tobacco hornworm pupa -
Manduca sexta
Gainesville, Florida, USA
August 29, 2004
Size: 50mm
2" head to tail. From a hornworm I found on eggplant and brought indoors. I gave it a pot of soil when it got fat and restless, and it burrowed down a few inches to pupate.
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Contributed by
Hannah Nendick-Mason
on 30 August, 2004 - 5:58pm
Last updated 7 May, 2007 - 7:05am
Thanks
Thanks for posting this...I found one of these in my garage and was going to post to find out what it is. I have it in a small container waiting for it to emerge.
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Mike Boone
, 30 August, 2004 - 6:29pm
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