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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 » Sphinx » Great Ash Sphinx - Hodges#7802 (Sphinx chersis)
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Caterpillar ID? - Sphinx chersis
Copyright © 2014 Ray Lemke

Caterpillar ID? - Sphinx chersis
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
October 9, 2014
Size: Abt 3"

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Contributed by Ray Lemke on 9 October, 2014 - 5:02pm
Last updated 14 March, 2016 - 2:44pm

Moved
Moved from Sonoran Sphinx.
… Teá Montagna, 14 March, 2016 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… Teá Montagna, 14 March, 2016 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 10 October, 2014 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

ahhh... it may have been on i
ahhh... it may have been on its way to find a place to pupate. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's the Great Ash Sphinx but I'll wait for someone more knowledgeable to chime in...
… Rick Overson, 10 October, 2014 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

I think it's Sphinx chersis
Cool find! I think it's Sphinx chersis the Great Ash Sphinx, but I'm not a hawkmoth expert. I believe the reddish color develops shortly before pupating. What was it's behavior? What was the plant it was on?
… Rick Overson, 9 October, 2014 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Caterpillar
It was moving across my patio when I noticed it, so I don't know what plants it preferred. I moved it off the patio into a creosote bush, as seen in the last photo; a little while later it was gone.
… Ray Lemke, 9 October, 2014 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

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