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Candida La Vernia, TX(Zone 9a) May 12, 2018

Can Someone Help Me ID This Caterpillar

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) May 12, 2018

Its a sphinx moth, what plant is it on? (Or hawk moth, same) they are kinda plant specific and turn into a type of hummingbird moth - tho still a moth

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND May 12, 2018

This is a caterpillar of a cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia in the family Saturniidae (giant silk moths) - see http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/moth2/cecropia_moth.htm

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) May 13, 2018

Ah, I had wondered if I had mis id'd,

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