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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) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Manduca » Rustic Sphinx - Hodges#7778 (Manduca rustica)
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Some sort of hornworm? (sphinx, hawk, hummingbird moth) - Manduca rustica
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Some sort of hornworm? (sphinx, hawk, hummingbird moth) - Manduca rustica
Washington Parish Parish, Louisiana, USA
September 3, 2013
Size: 3 to 4 inches
Green with white and greyish purple stripes down back and grey down by its feet. It was found wriggling on the grown with no tomatoes or peppers in sight for it to be a tomato Hornworm.

I believe it's a hornworm of some sort but I can't pinpoint which spiecie it could be. I'm hoping to keep it to moth but I'm interested in which type to know what plant to get as food.

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Some sort of hornworm? (sphinx, hawk, hummingbird moth) - Manduca rustica Some sort of hornworm? (sphinx, hawk, hummingbird moth) - Manduca rustica
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Contributed by PeachyFox on 4 September, 2013 - 1:17am
Last updated 4 September, 2013 - 9:09am

Moved- black speckles
Moved from ID Request.

The black speckling is evidence of parasitoid larvae living within this caterpillar.
… Ryan St Laurent, 4 September, 2013 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

Rustic Sphinx cat…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 4 September, 2013 - 1:37am login or register to post comments

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