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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 » Carolina Sphinx - Hodges#7775 (Manduca sexta)
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Came out from under my tomato plant - Manduca sexta
Copyright © 2014 soberlunatic

Came out from under my tomato plant - Manduca sexta
Stinesville, Monroe County, Indiana, USA
September 7, 2014
Size: 2 inches long
I didn't mean to disturb this guy. I do want to know what it is because it was in my garden. Thanks!
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Contributed by soberlunatic on 7 September, 2014 - 7:03pm
Last updated 20 March, 2015 - 7:56pm

Moved
Moved from Manduca.
… Charley Eiseman, 20 March, 2015 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

Manduca sexta
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… Josiah Gilbert, 17 March, 2015 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 17 March, 2015 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 16 March, 2015 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 3 October, 2014 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

looks like one of the tomato hornworm moths
with the wings not expanded.
… metrioptera, 7 September, 2014 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
you are very right! Looks like the adult sphinx moth. I saw caterpillars on my tomato moths earlier this summer. Makes sense now!
… soberlunatic, 7 September, 2014 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

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