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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 » Dilophonotini » Hemaris » Snowberry Clearwing - Hodges#7855 (Hemaris diffinis)
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Purple Caterpillar - Hemaris diffinis
Copyright © 2010 Pat Schultz

Purple Caterpillar - Hemaris diffinis
Irving, Dallas County, Texas, USA
October 3, 2010
Size: 1.5"
Want to know what this is. Found in my backyard, on flagstone. Plays dead when messed with.
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Contributed by Pat Schultz on 3 October, 2010 - 4:51pm
Last updated 19 December, 2011 - 7:23pm

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… john and jane balaban, 19 December, 2011 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

We just gave you the Family
Someone else will give you the species. There is an article on raising caterpillars here. We're sure it is ready to cocoon, so just see what it says about handling them at that stage.
… john and jane balaban, 4 October, 2010 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Purple Caterpiller
Thank You so much for the URL! Learned incredible amount of info, thanks to You. Fortunately for my purple caterpillar, he has dissapeared. Looked everywhere. So good luck to him and I'l look more closely to the moths of the species he belongs to because of this website. Thanks Again!!
… Pat Schultz, 4 October, 2010 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 3 October, 2010 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Purple Caterpiller
Dear John & Jane,
Thank you for showing me where and what this animal is. It is now starting to get colder in Texas and wonder if it is too late for him to cocoon. He is still on my table outside, clutching to dead Hackberry leaves.

Love to know how to protect him and possibly see his transformation,
Pat
… Pat Schultz, 4 October, 2010 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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