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Could this be still another variation of a Banded Sphinx Moth caterpillar? - Eumorpha fasciatus
Copyright © 2007 John Hartgerink

Could this be still another variation of a Banded Sphinx Moth caterpillar? - Eumorpha fasciatus
Baton Rouge - BREC Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
September 28, 2007
Size: 2.5-3.0 inches
Could this be still another color variation of an Eumorpha fasciata - Banded Sphinx - Hodges#7865 caterpillar?
Last year we had a red ones and green ones and multicolored ones.
This year there is a golden one feeding one the same plants, water primrose, as a multicolored one.
The patterns seem to me to be the same, but colors are very different.

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Could this be still another variation of a Banded Sphinx Moth caterpillar? - Eumorpha fasciatus Could this be still another variation of a Banded Sphinx Moth caterpillar? - Eumorpha fasciatus
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Contributed by John Hartgerink on 28 September, 2007 - 8:58pm
Last updated 22 October, 2007 - 10:19pm

Very nice shot, indeed!
Very nice shot, indeed!
… Nina, 29 September, 2007 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

I think you're right
the pattern and that stumpy tail are a good fit. Sometimes caterpillars undergo a color change (often golden or brown) shortly before pupation - I wonder if that could be the explanation, or if it's just one of those highly variable caterpillars.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 29 September, 2007 - 7:17am login or register to post comments

Very handsome
Very nice picture.
… Victor Engel, 28 September, 2007 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

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