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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 » Sphinx » Sphinx vanbuskirki - Hodges#7813.1 (Sphinx vanbuskirki)
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Green caterpillar, white spots - Sphinx vanbuskirki
Copyright © 2010 Samuel Huckins

Green caterpillar, white spots - Sphinx vanbuskirki
Pedernales Falls State Park, Blanco County, Texas, USA
November 13, 2010
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Contributed by Samuel Huckins on 14 November, 2010 - 5:56pm
Last updated 23 May, 2020 - 8:56am

Moved
Moved from Doll's Sphinx.
… Steve Nanz, 23 May, 2020 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 14 November, 2010 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

Nice find
This is Sphinx dollii. The first larval image for the guide.
… Ryan St Laurent, 14 November, 2010 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Awesome!
Thanks very much! I only found one walking around the park that day.
… Samuel Huckins, 14 November, 2010 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

 
was this the only picture??
if you have more please post them..
… Edna Woodward, 15 November, 2010 - 2:12am login or register to post comments

 
Nothing different
I have a few more but they are of the same or lesser quality, same angle, etc. He seemed determined to stay completely still or flip back and forth while staying attached to a branch.
… Samuel Huckins, 15 November, 2010 - 6:54am login or register to post comments

 
just thought id ask,
i especially liked him he reminds me of my little sphinx sequoie iraised from an egg very beautiful
… Edna Woodward, 15 November, 2010 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

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