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Probably Genus Manduca - Manduca
Copyright © 2009 Nina

Probably Genus Manduca - Manduca
Burlington Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
July 1, 2009
Size: 1.5-2mm
My little hornworm, posted yesterday probably fell prey to our big fat robins... but a new egg was deposited last night, so yay for me to get a second chance to follow the life cycle of what is likely in Genus Manduca...

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Contributed by Nina on 1 July, 2009 - 1:40pm
Last updated 17 July, 2009 - 10:20am

this is who was missing this AM
my little hornworm that disappeared--hopefully the egg above will have a better shot at completing it's life cycle.
… Nina, 1 July, 2009 - 2:34pm

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