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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 » Eumorpha » Banded Sphinx - Hodges#7865 (Eumorpha fasciatus)
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Banded Sphinx Caterpillar Posterior Features - Eumorpha fasciatus
Copyright © 2013 Lew Scharpf

Banded Sphinx Caterpillar Posterior Features - Eumorpha fasciatus
Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, USA
September 26, 2012
This image provides some detail on the posterior end of a Banded Sphinx caterpillar Eumorpha fasciatus, Hodges 7865. The detail of the "eye" in the central portion of the image is fascinating. Are there functional features to these "eye" structures (such as some sensory function) or are they simply a marking with no function at all?

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Contributed by Lew Scharpf on 27 January, 2013 - 4:40pm
Last updated 29 January, 2013 - 9:03am

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… David J. Ferguson, 29 January, 2013 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

"eyes"
What you are looking at are the spiracles. Spiracles are the openings to the trachea of the respiratory system, present on all insects.
… Ryan St Laurent, 27 January, 2013 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

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