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LValadez Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Oct 07, 2009

can any on ID this Bad Boy!

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 08, 2009

This is a larva of a sphinx moth (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). The image is too unclear to be certain of a specific i.d., but one possibility is the vine sphinx, Eumorpha vitis - see http://tinyurl.com/yewopnp

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LValadez Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Oct 08, 2009

You are so right. I have 5 on that one vine. should I be consern? Harmless?

I gave some of this vine to my sister inlaw she gets creeped out by worms.
Is this also mistaken hor hummingbirds?

Thanks,
Lori Valadez

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Oct 08, 2009

It depends on how much damage is being done; I would let as may live as your plant(s) can tolerate as the moths are so pretty. Large sphinx moths often are mistaken for hummingbirds as they hover at flowers.

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