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MarilynneS Thunder Bay Ontario, ON(Zone 3a) Aug 23, 2009

WOuld anyone happen to know what kind of caterpiller this is ?

Thanks

~M~

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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Aug 24, 2009

bump up for more viewers.

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MarilynneS Thunder Bay Ontario, ON(Zone 3a) Aug 24, 2009

If you click on the pic it gets huge .. but .. I'll attach one more pic.

~M~

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Aug 24, 2009

This is a larva of a sphinx moth (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae); likely Pachysphinx modesta, known as the poplar sphinx or modest sphinx. The mature larva lacks the characteristic terminal 'horn' of this family. See http://tinyurl.com/kvy8tq for images and detailed information.

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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Aug 24, 2009

Beautiful sphinx moth!

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MarilynneS Thunder Bay Ontario, ON(Zone 3a) Aug 24, 2009

Thanks so much !!

We do have quite a few of the Sphinx Moths here bouts, usually we see them around our Meteor (Sundown/Sunrise) lamp in the mornings.
Now I know from whence they come ^_^

HAPPY!!!

~M~

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