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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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Pink caterpillar - not hairy - Eumorpha achemon
Copyright © 2009 dmarkoch

Pink caterpillar - not hairy - Eumorpha achemon
Valley Center, San Diego County, California, USA
August 21, 2009
Size: 4 inches fully extended
Could this be a sphinx moth caterpillar?
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Contributed by dmarkoch on 10 September, 2009 - 4:11pm
Last updated 26 December, 2010 - 8:27pm

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… Natalie Hernandez, 26 December, 2010 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 25 September, 2009 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

Yes
Looks like an Eumorpha

http://bugguide.net/node/view/253199

Its about to pupate, so you might want to give it soil to bury itself in. They're very pretty moths.
… Natalie Hernandez, 10 September, 2009 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Eumorpha
This would probably be Eumorpha achemon, the only other species in the genus found in CA is E. fasciatus, but it is considered a stray.
… Ryan St Laurent, 10 September, 2009 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Good to know!
I've collected Eumorpha achemon here and didn't know that. Thought it was either E. achemon or E. pandorus until it emerged as an adult.
… Natalie Hernandez, 10 September, 2009 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Well, I won't get to watch it pupate because I left it in it's home, but I'm going to look up photos of the moth. Thanks!
… dmarkoch, 15 September, 2009 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

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