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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 » Isoparce » Bald Cypress Sphinx - Hodges#7791 (Isoparce cupressi)
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Sphinx caterpillar? - Isoparce cupressi
Copyright © 2021 bdedo

Sphinx caterpillar? - Isoparce cupressi
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
October 17, 2021
Size: 6 cm
Curious for ID to determine host food

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Sphinx caterpillar? - Isoparce cupressi Sphinx caterpillar? - Isoparce cupressi
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Contributed by bdedo on 17 October, 2021 - 8:54pm
Last updated 23 October, 2021 - 8:57am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ryan St Laurent, 23 October, 2021 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

Isoparce cupressi?
Isoparce cupressi? They feed on bald cypress, but if yours was found on the ground, it is probably looking for a place to pupate.
… Hexapoda, 17 October, 2021 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
It was climbing a white wall
It was climbing a white wall of a shed, and there are plenty of Cypress trees 10 feet away, and surrounding an adjacent pond. Have provisioned a covered bowl, in hopes that it may pupate. But might need to add some dirt, so it can burrow?
… bdedo, 17 October, 2021 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Adding some moist, but not we
Adding some moist, but not wet dirt certainly will help.
… Hexapoda, 17 October, 2021 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

 
cocoon
Got it to burrow into some moist mulch and form a cocoon. Now waiting for see the nondescript moth to emerge. Will send a picture if you email me, if you are interested
… bdedo, 23 October, 2021 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

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