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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) » Smerinthinae » Smerinthini » Protambulyx » Streaked Sphinx - Hodges#7818 (Protambulyx strigilis)
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Caterpillars feeding on poisonwood leaves. - Protambulyx strigilis
Copyright © 2021 Doug Goldman

Caterpillars feeding on poisonwood leaves. - Protambulyx strigilis
Palmetto Bay, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
October 19, 2021
Size: Around 8 cm
There were a few of these caterpillars, and all were feeding upside-down on leaves of a young poisonwood tree (Metopium toxiferum). They would become rigid when mildly disturbed and hostile when touched.

They seem like they could be in the Sphingidae, perhaps the genus Cocytius, but I just don't know.

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Caterpillars feeding on poisonwood leaves. - Protambulyx strigilis Caterpillars feeding on poisonwood leaves. - Protambulyx strigilis Caterpillars feeding on poisonwood leaves. - Protambulyx strigilis Caterpillars feeding on poisonwood leaves. - Protambulyx strigilis Caterpillars feeding on poisonwood leaves. - Protambulyx strigilis
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Contributed by Doug Goldman on 24 November, 2021 - 5:59pm
Last updated 25 November, 2021 - 9:08am

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