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Catalpa Sphinx - Hodges#7789 (Ceratomia catalpae)
Photo#467606
Copyright © 2010
stan gilliam
catalpa worm face -
Ceratomia catalpae
Oak Ridge, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
July 2, 2010
Size: 3 inches
This caterpillar is common in the South. These consume about half the the leaves on my small tree without seeming to hurt it.
Contributed by
stan gilliam
on 25 October, 2010 - 2:20pm