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Huge green caterpillar - Manduca rustica
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Huge green caterpillar - Manduca rustica
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
November 6, 2019
Size: 5-6"
Contributed by cam on 6 November, 2019 - 10:33am
Last updated 11 February, 2020 - 4:46pm

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… Teá Montagna, 11 February, 2020 - 4:46pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tyler Hedlund, 15 December, 2019 - 3:57pm

Looks to be a hawkmoth caterp
Looks to be a hawkmoth caterpillar (family Sphingidae); others may be able to tell you more.

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