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Title: Caterpillar
Post by: Barbarian on November 05, 2011, 03:57:06 PM
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Title: Re: Caterpillar
Post by: JudyB on November 05, 2011, 11:56:26 PM
Well taken!  What kind of butterfly/moth will it turn into?
Title: Re: Caterpillar
Post by: Barbarian on November 06, 2011, 01:49:50 PM
I don't know, but several of them made short work of Mrs. Barbarian's tomato plants.
Title: Re: Caterpillar
Post by: jimiam on December 19, 2011, 11:04:33 PM
 This is a tomato  horn worm B.   They will become a rather large spotted moth if allowed to cocoon, the sphinx moth sometimes refered to as a hawk or hummingbird moth.
I can't be real sure of this one due to angle and light but it appears to be the species  Manduca quinquemaculata , or possibly a western  sub-species of the same family group. They will also make short work of pepper, eggplant and potato plants but do prefer tomato plants seemingly. Certainly not desirable for the veggie garden.
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