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Hey Bugman!
Can you help in the identification of this huge caterpillar? We found them last Saturday on a plant at the edge of our large pond. They have since (3 of them) completely depleted the leaves of the plant. The nearest plant of the same sort is located 20’ away from where they are. There was also some sort of large green shimmery caterpillar on there as well, but we could not find it Tuesday. I collected them and have been feeding them from the other plant. I have included a picture of the plant, we do not know what it is either(it grows wild around the pond). They have become so large (nearly 4”) they were weighing down the plant to the waters edge, where they will most likely become bass food.. Any help you can give would be appreciated. Do they burrow under ground, if so we will need to put them on the other plant. Your site is fantastic. Thanks for your help!!
Ruby
Hi Ruby,
You didn’t need to look any further than our homepage to find another image of a Banded Sphinx, Eumorpha fasciata. It feeds on Ludwigia, the water primrose.
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