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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 » Hyles » White-lined Sphinx - Hodges#7894 (Hyles lineata)
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caterpillar Sandia Mts. foothills - Hyles lineata
Copyright © 2013 Celestyn Brozek

caterpillar Sandia Mts. foothills - Hyles lineata
Albuquerque, Sandia Mts. foothills, elev. ~ 6500 ft, brushland, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
August 18, 2013
Size: ~ 8 cm
There were very many of the caterpillars scattered on dry ground. They ate leaves of small green plants as the one in the photo.
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Contributed by Celestyn Brozek on 18 August, 2013 - 3:53pm
Last updated 20 August, 2013 - 6:21pm

Moved
Moved from White-lined Sphinx.
… Celestyn Brozek, 20 August, 2013 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from White-lined Sphinx.
… Celestyn Brozek, 18 August, 2013 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved- Hyles lineata
Moved from ID Request.
… Ryan St Laurent, 18 August, 2013 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

If it helps, the plant looks like purslane
Something in the Portulaca genus
… apgarm, 18 August, 2013 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

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