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Large Green Caterpillar with Red Horn on Butt - Manduca sexta
Copyright © 2013 John Hartgerink

Large Green Caterpillar with Red Horn on Butt - Manduca sexta
Baton Rouge, Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
June 6, 2013
Size: 2 inches long
Eating Common Nightshade.

20 yards up trail was another individual that was 3 inches long.
Also eating Common Nightshade

John
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Contributed by John Hartgerink on 6 June, 2013 - 8:05pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ryan St Laurent, 6 June, 2013 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

Also known as the Tobacco Hornworm
Also commonly known as the Tobacco Hornworm. Not to be confused with the very similar looking Tomato Hornworm - both of which feed on solanaceous plants.

Reference: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/field/hornworm.htm
… Lissarae Peters, 6 June, 2013 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

Carolina Sphinx cat…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 6 June, 2013 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

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