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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 » Eumorpha » Achemon Sphinx - Hodges#7861 (Eumorpha achemon)
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ID this Caterpillar - Eumorpha achemon
Copyright © 2008 grandmasue

ID this Caterpillar - Eumorpha achemon
Pasadena, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
October 17, 2008
Size: 3"
I've seen pics of caterpillars with 2 "fake eyes" but this caterpillar has only one.
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Contributed by grandmasue on 18 October, 2008 - 9:52am
Last updated 4 January, 2009 - 6:16pm

I found a brown one, I've bee
I found a brown one, I've been trying to identify it, this picture comes the closest. What is it?
… Ronstertruck, 31 July, 2010 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

 
Click on the Info tab above the image
for more information on this caterpillar.
… john and jane balaban, 31 July, 2010 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 4 January, 2009 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

Not an ID but maybe
Eumorpha achemon (Achemon Sphinx - Hodges#7861)
… John R. Maxwell, 18 October, 2008 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

 
Caterpillar ID
Thank you so much! After viewing more pics of the Achemon Sphinx, I believe your ID is correct. Apparently, they're not very common in this area. Now that I know what it is, I'll know what to feed it,etc.
My grandkids found it in a bucket on my front porch, so I had no idea what it usually eats. We'll release it in a couple of days when the grandkids return.Thanks again!!!
… grandmasue, 18 October, 2008 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

 
It may not eat much, or at all
the size and color indicate it's getting ready to pupate - you may even get to see that. It would probably like a few inches of loose soil and leaves to dig into, as many (most?) sphinx moths pupate in the soil.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 18 October, 2008 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

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