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White Lined Sphinx Caterpillar

Posted by April 16th, 2006 at 12:00 am

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Hornworms

From North Texas
Can you tell what this is? It was found east of Dallas TX. Thanks,
John

whitelined sphinx cat john White Lined Sphinx Caterpillar

Hi John,
This is a White Lined Sphinx Caterpillar. There are several different color variations for the caterpillar, and this is a common one. Other caterpillars are almost entirely black. The adult moths are sometimes confused for hummingbirds.

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