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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) » Smerinthinae » Smerinthini » Amorpha » Walnut Sphinx - Hodges#7827 (Amorpha juglandis)
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Third instar walnut sphinx-molting! - Amorpha juglandis
Copyright © 2012 Stephen Tapsak

Third instar walnut sphinx-molting! - Amorpha juglandis
Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 12, 2012
Size: 25 mm. long
I know this is third instar, because I saw it shedding its second instar skin!

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What moth? - Amorpha juglandis - female What moth? - Amorpha juglandis What moth? - Amorpha juglandis First instar walnut sphinx - Amorpha juglandis First instar walnut sphinx - Amorpha juglandis First instar walnut sphinx - Amorpha juglandis Second instar walnut sphinx - Amorpha juglandis Second instar walnut sphinx - Amorpha juglandis Second instar walnut sphinx - Amorpha juglandis Third instar walnut sphinx - Amorpha juglandis Third instar walnut sphinx - Amorpha juglandis Third instar walnut sphinx-molting! - Amorpha juglandis Third instar walnut sphinx-molting! - Amorpha juglandis Fourth instar walnut sphinx - Amorpha juglandis Fourth instar walnut sphinx - Amorpha juglandis Fifth instar walnut sphinx - Amorpha juglandis Fifth instar walnut sphinx - Amorpha juglandis Walnut sphinx pupae - Amorpha juglandis Walnut sphinx eclosed! - Amorpha juglandis - male Walnut sphinx eclosed! - Amorpha juglandis - female
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Contributed by Stephen Tapsak on 12 July, 2012 - 10:26am

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