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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 » Macroglossini » Darapsa » Virginia Creeper Sphinx - Hodges#7885 (Darapsa myron)
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Green cat with spots - Darapsa myron
Copyright © 2011 DJ

Green cat with spots - Darapsa myron
Lambertville, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
September 9, 2011
Size: 1 inch plus a bit
Which one is this please? I found this one completely covered with what looked like parasite eggs. (white, long, attached at the end) I knocked them off. (I know the owner of the eggs has the right to live too, but it really made me sad to imagine what was going to happen to the cat)
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Contributed by DJ on 26 September, 2011 - 1:56pm
Last updated 26 September, 2011 - 7:13pm

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… john and jane balaban, 26 September, 2011 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

Darapsa myron
Virginia Creeper Sphinx (in this case it looks like it's from a grape, another host plant).
… Ryan St Laurent, 26 September, 2011 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

caterpillar
Knocking off the parasites won't do any good. The caterpillar is probably filled with them and more will just keep emerging. You can see all the black emergence holes on this caterpillar where the wasp larva have emerged. This is a Sphinx moth caterpillar. Someone else will be able to identify it as to species.
… Ilona L., 26 September, 2011 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Green cat
Wow, bummer . . . poor thing. It's been so long since I've seen any Sphinx moths too! Thanks for update.
… DJ, 26 September, 2011 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

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