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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 » Lapara » Southern Pine Sphinx - Hodges#7816 (Lapara coniferarum)
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some kind of looper caterpillar? - Lapara coniferarum
Copyright © 2018 Carol Clemens

some kind of looper caterpillar? - Lapara coniferarum
Hilton Head, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA
October 3, 2018
Spotted this while walking in a residential area. I think it is some kind of looper caterpillar....but I don't really know. Anyone have an idea? Thank you!
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Contributed by Carol Clemens on 4 October, 2018 - 5:54pm
Last updated 9 October, 2018 - 12:01pm

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… Ryan St Laurent, 9 October, 2018 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

Lapara, guessing Southern down there?
… john and jane balaban, 4 October, 2018 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh yes!
Thank you so much. That is it. I looked in the guide with that name and I have seen those moths here....just didn't know what they were. Thank you so much for taking the time to help me out! Carol
… Carol Clemens, 4 October, 2018 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

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