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caterpillar - Hemaris diffinis
Copyright © 2008 Gita Suchland

caterpillar - Hemaris diffinis
Troy, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA
September 18, 2008
Can someone please ID this caterpillar. It wasn't moving and I touched it and it was rather stiff, so I'm not sure whether it was still alive, haven't checked back. Thanks.
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Contributed by Gita Suchland on 20 September, 2008 - 10:38pm
Last updated 11 October, 2008 - 4:02pm

Certainly doesn't look healthy.
I'm thinking those two holes on the side are where some kind of parasite emerged; maybe a tachinid fly?
… Carmen Champagne, 21 September, 2008 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

 
agreed
it looks a bit "deflated"--most at this stage should look pretty plump, whereas this one doesn't.
… Nina, 21 September, 2008 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
Thanks for the ID and prognosis of this caterpillar. I went back to check on it and it was for sure not alive. I am raising the purple one
… Gita Suchland, 21 September, 2008 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

Hemaris diffinis
This one is the more typical form of Hemaris diffinis, snowberry clearwing.
… Nina, 21 September, 2008 - 7:22am login or register to post comments

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