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Great Ash Sphinx - Hodges#7802 (Sphinx chersis)
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Copyright © 2009
Joe Brown
Some kind of sphinx moth caterpillar? -
Sphinx chersis
Mt. Olive, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
May 9, 2009
Size: About 3 1/5 inches.
I found it on the ground and was wondering if it was going underground to cocoon.
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Contributed by
Joe Brown
on 29 September, 2009 - 7:54pm
Last updated 13 October, 2009 - 8:36pm
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john and jane balaban
, 13 October, 2009 - 8:36pm
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v belov
, 12 October, 2009 - 3:24pm
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Death's Head
Looks like a hawkmoth caterpillar.
A Death's Head perhaps?
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Cyren Asteraceya Wong
, 29 September, 2009 - 10:07pm
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go here to learn about the deaths head
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/a_atr.htm
i try to educate myself, there are wonderful sites out there.
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Edna Woodward
, 29 September, 2009 - 10:32pm
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Death's head hawkmoths, genus Acherontia, are native to Europe and Asia, not North America.
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Carmen Champagne
, 29 September, 2009 - 10:17pm
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yep once on the ground
they are usually looking for a place to dig in. i will try and figure this larve out and tell you who he is, if ryan dont beat me to it. im pretty sure hes a northern ash sphix with that blue horn, tho.
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Edna Woodward
, 29 September, 2009 - 8:26pm
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agreed
Sphinx chersis
has my vote. Found one just like this last year.
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Ryan St Laurent
, 29 September, 2009 - 10:04pm
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Thanks for the ID
I tried to use the caterpillar guide on Discover Life:
http://pick4.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?guide=Caterpillars
But the different types of sphinxes all looked so similar as caterpillars.
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Joe Brown
, 30 September, 2009 - 8:23am
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i went to:
http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/NJsphinx.htm
when i want to id hornworms..it is a really awesome site and the site owner happened to grow up in NJ too, and has been mothing since he was a kid.
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Edna Woodward
, 30 September, 2009 - 7:06pm
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