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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) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Ceratomia » Catalpa Sphinx - Hodges#7789 (Ceratomia catalpae)
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Black and White Caterpillar - Ceratomia catalpae
Copyright © 2010 Bob Cammarata

Black and White Caterpillar - Ceratomia catalpae
NCR Trail, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
September 14, 2010
Size: Around 1 1/2"
...Any ideas on this one?
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Contributed by Bob Cammarata on 26 September, 2010 - 4:57pm
Last updated 26 September, 2010 - 6:51pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 26 September, 2010 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

Maybe Catalpa Sphinx?
It resembles a Catalpa Sphinx--like this one: .

Did you find it on Catalpa?
… Peter Edelman, 26 September, 2010 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

I may be mistaken...
but this looks like a young catalpa hornworm Ceratomia catalpae.
… Ryan St Laurent, 26 September, 2010 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Can you tell me?
I'm no botanist.
...so I was careful to take a decent shot of the host tree this time.
… Bob Cammarata, 26 September, 2010 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

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