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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 » Carolina Sphinx - Hodges#7775 (Manduca sexta)
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TOBACCO HORN WORM (manduca sexta) - Manduca sexta
Copyright © 2011 JEFF BYROM

TOBACCO HORN WORM (manduca sexta) - Manduca sexta
Arab, MARSHALL County, Alabama, USA

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TOBACCO HORN WORM (manduca sexta) - Manduca sexta TOBACCO HORN WORM (manduca sexta) - Manduca sexta TOBACCO HORN WORM (manduca sexta) - Manduca sexta
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Contributed by JEFF BYROM on 24 December, 2011 - 8:53am
Last updated 26 December, 2011 - 8:50am

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When submitting images please add the photo date. These are nice images but they will contribute much less to the guide without that data.
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Are you sure its not a tomato
Are you sure its not a tomato horn worm?
… Matt Bearup, 24 December, 2011 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

 
Tobacco
Definitely a tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.
… Ryan St Laurent, 24 December, 2011 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Are they not host specific? I
Are they not host specific? I'm up in Washington so we only ever had the tomato variety and I dont know much about the tobacco horn worms.
… Matt Bearup, 24 December, 2011 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Not that specific
Tomatoes and tobacco are fairly closely related, and many insects feed on both.

Besides, expecting common names to be precise is expecting too much
… Chuck Entz, 24 December, 2011 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for the information
Thank you for the information, something new learned every day.
… Matt Bearup, 24 December, 2011 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

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