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green caterpillar - Paonias excaecata
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green caterpillar - Paonias excaecata
Savage, Howard County, Maryland, USA
October 19, 2019
Contributed by sue muller on 21 October, 2019 - 12:31pm
Last updated 11 February, 2020 - 4:47pm

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… Teá Montagna, 11 February, 2020 - 4:47pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tyler Hedlund, 24 October, 2019 - 8:08am

Blinded Sphinx?
Looks to be a recently molted Paonias excaecata.
… George Smiley, 21 October, 2019 - 2:20pm

Sphingidae (sphinx/hawk moths
Sphingidae (sphinx/hawk moths), I'm personally not sure which species but someone else may know.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 21 October, 2019 - 12:47pm

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