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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 » Manduca » Rustic Sphinx - Hodges#7778 (Manduca rustica)
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Rustic Sphinx (Manduca rustica) - parasitized - Manduca rustica
Copyright © 2010 Rick Shackleton

Rustic Sphinx (Manduca rustica) - parasitized - Manduca rustica
Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
October 19, 2010
Size: 2 in.
Found four of the caterpillars on Duranta erecta 'Sapphire Showers'. My inital thought is Tobacco Hornworm (Manduca sexta) parasitized by braconid wasps. The yellow spikes on the head and the green horn make me not so sure. I noticed the true legs were also of a different color than what I could find on BugGuide.

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Rustic Sphinx (Manduca rustica) - parasitized - Manduca rustica ID Request - Cotesia congregata ID Request - Mischocyttarus mexicanus
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Contributed by Rick Shackleton on 24 October, 2010 - 1:57pm
Last updated 25 January, 2013 - 4:59pm

Moved
Moved from Mischocyttarus mexicanus cubicola.
… John R. Maxwell, 25 January, 2013 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Rustic Sphinx.
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Moved
Moved from Mischocyttarus phthisicus.
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Moved from Rustic Sphinx.
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