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Caterpillar I.D. Needed
Saw this guy on the way into downtown Allendale today. Didn't see anything like when I scanned a few caterpillar sites.
I don't know why I think it might be a hornworm caterpillar, but… iNaturalist wasn't helpful, but I am still learning how to use it…
Can you I.D. it? (Thanks!)
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i defer to Denise on leps! 😀
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Another possible: Azalea Sphinx. Seems Azalea and Virgina Creeper Sphinx cats are somewhat similar.
From Bugguide re Azalea Sphinx “Larva: head and front of thorax slender (body swells greatly at third thoracic segment, as in larvae of Virginia Creeper Sphinx); body green with numerous pale green dots; color changes to light reddish-brown shortly before pupating.”
Azalea Sphinx cat: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1554626 -
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54207305
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53788088
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19592368
a few comparable observations on inaturalist. -
it looks like it could be a sphinx moth species.
maybe – virginia creeper sphinx moth?
(Darapsa myron – Virginia Creeper Sphinx – Hodges#7885)
https://www.sphingidae.us/darapsa-myron.html
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julie
i defer to Denise on leps! 😀
Denise
Another possible: Azalea Sphinx. Seems Azalea and Virgina Creeper Sphinx cats are somewhat similar.
From Bugguide re Azalea Sphinx “Larva: head and front of thorax slender (body swells greatly at third thoracic segment, as in larvae of Virginia Creeper Sphinx); body green with numerous pale green dots; color changes to light reddish-brown shortly before pupating.”
Azalea Sphinx cat: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1554626
julie
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54207305
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53788088
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19592368
a few comparable observations on inaturalist.
julie
it looks like it could be a sphinx moth species.
maybe – virginia creeper sphinx moth?
(Darapsa myron – Virginia Creeper Sphinx – Hodges#7885)
https://www.sphingidae.us/darapsa-myron.html