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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 » Laurel Sphinx moth - Hodges#7809 (Sphinx kalmiae)
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Manduca Species? - Sphinx kalmiae
Copyright © 2016 JSherwood

Manduca Species? - Sphinx kalmiae
Abington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 18, 2016
Size: about 4 or 5 cm
Two of these larvae where eating an unknown woody shrub or tree seedling near a wooded stream. The plant had opposite compound leaves. There are additional photos of larvae and plant. Is this a manduca species?
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Contributed by JSherwood on 18 August, 2016 - 9:23pm
Last updated 19 August, 2016 - 5:02pm

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 19 August, 2016 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

Sphinx kalmiae, likely on an
Sphinx kalmiae, likely on an ash.
… jim sogaard, 19 August, 2016 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thank you for the identification of both larvae and plant - nice to see them thriving. JS
… JSherwood, 19 August, 2016 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Opposite, compound leaves sounds like Ash
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