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Pawpaw Sphinx - Hodges#7784 (Dolba hyloeus)
Photo#332880
Copyright © 2009
J. Ott
Which Caterpillar? -
Dolba hyloeus
Pearl River County, Mississippi, USA
September 14, 2009
Dolba hyloeus maybe?
Contributed by
J. Ott
on 14 September, 2009 - 4:09pm
Last updated 15 September, 2009 - 8:04pm
Moved
Moved from
Dolba
.
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John R. Maxwell
, 15 September, 2009 - 8:04pm
Moved
Moved from
ID Request
.
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J. Ott
, 14 September, 2009 - 8:38pm
?
I find it interesting that that this would be moved to
Dolba
and not the specific species. It isn't like there are numerous species in the genus that could be similar to this, as there is one species
D. hyloeus
...
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Ryan St Laurent
, 15 September, 2009 - 5:43pm
I didnt look and your comment"most likely".
To used to moving beetles to genus level I guess.
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J. Ott
, 15 September, 2009 - 9:05pm
Sphinx
This looks like
Dolba hyloeus
, but the food plant doesnt quite match, do you know the exact species of plant it was found on?
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Ryan St Laurent
, 14 September, 2009 - 4:33pm
Not sure which plant but adding photo. I probably had a
few used on me as a kid though.
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J. Ott
, 14 September, 2009 - 4:48pm
Dolba
The foodplant you posted looks like an
Ilex spp.
, which is a host of
Dolba hyloeus
. I'm not 100% sure about the plants ID, but based on that
D. hyloeus
is most likely what this individual is.
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Ryan St Laurent
, 14 September, 2009 - 6:36pm
Unfortunately, rearing it won't help
The little white ovoids on its integument are braconid wasp pupae. They pretty much guarantee that it won't reach adulthood.
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Peter Edelman
, 14 September, 2009 - 8:26pm