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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 » Xylophanes » Tersa Sphinx - Hodges#7890 (Xylophanes tersa)
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Getting ready to Pupate? - Xylophanes tersa
Copyright © 2012 Scott Ditzel

Getting ready to Pupate? - Xylophanes tersa
Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia, USA
August 13, 2009
Found this guy awhile back. Need ID & I assume it was getting ready to pupate since it was such an unusual color...
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Contributed by Scott Ditzel on 24 August, 2012 - 9:50am
Last updated 24 August, 2012 - 2:38pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Rather variable in the larval stage.
… Ryan St Laurent, 24 August, 2012 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

Looking at other examples, I
Looking at other examples, I believe you are correct ...Thanks !!
… Scott Ditzel, 24 August, 2012 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

Tersa
I think it's a tersa sphinx (Xylophanes tersa). I'm not sure if there are two different color morphs, brown and green, or if they're green until the last instar and turn brown. Hopefully someone else can answer that.
… LaciP, 24 August, 2012 - 11:10am login or register to post comments

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