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Caterpillar found on Pepper vine (Ampelopsis arborea) - Enyo lugubris

Caterpillar found on Pepper vine (Ampelopsis arborea) - Enyo lugubris
Cedar Park , Williamson County, Texas, USA
October 14, 2018
Size: about 2 in

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Caterpillar found on Pepper vine (Ampelopsis arborea) - Enyo lugubris Caterpillar found on Pepper vine (Ampelopsis arborea) - Enyo lugubris Caterpillar found on Pepper vine (Ampelopsis arborea) - Enyo lugubris Caterpillar found on Pepper vine (Ampelopsis arborea) - Enyo lugubris

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.

SORRY! I accidentally unlinke
SORRY! I accidentally unlinked your photos. They've been re-linked, but they're out of order now.

 
I am sorry for cropping the p
I am sorry for cropping the pictures. I tried to upload my pictures but the files were too big. I didn't know how to compress a picture file, that's why I cropped my caterpillar pictures in half.

 
I like the current order (don
I like the current order (don't know what original was). It looks like tiled wide aspect ratio shots.

The Mournful Sphinx uses memb
The Mournful Sphinx uses members of the grape family and is in your area. See here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/903073/bgimage

There may be other species who look similar though, so wait for the experts to be sure. (:

 
Mournful sphinx
Thank you so much for the Link, I think you are right, it's a mournful sphinx caterpillar. I've found several mournful sphinx caterpillars on pepper vine in this area before, but they have different colorations, that's why I got confused.