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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) » Macroglossinae » Macroglossini » Hyles » Galium Sphinx - Hodges#7893 (Hyles gallii)
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Fish Hook Caterpillar? - Hyles gallii
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Fish Hook Caterpillar? - Hyles gallii
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
August 28, 2020
I saw this slug/caterpillar on a walk in Saskatoon at the end of August. It is brown with yellow spots on the side. The fascinating part is that it has a red barb shaped like a fish hook on the front/back of it. The hook is rigid (I poked at it with a stick).

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Fish Hook Caterpillar? - Hyles gallii Fish Hook Caterpillar? - Hyles gallii
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Contributed by SusanMutch on 22 September, 2020 - 10:15pm

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Galium sphinx caterpillar
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