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HornwormsPlease identify this insect pod?
April 29, 2010
Bugman, I turned up this pod in a small garden plot in my backyard in NW Arkansas. I thought it might be a pod of a Cicada, but could not find anything on the internet to identify it. Your help would be appreciated.
Charlie
Charlie McKinnie
North West Arkansas (Holiday Island)
Sphinx Moth Pupa
Hi Charlie,
This is the pupa of a Sphinx Moth, most likely one of the species in the genus Manduca that have caterpillars which feed upon the leaves of tomato plants. After gorging on leaves for a few weeks, the caterpillar buries itself an pupates.
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I have seen that type in our yard. I can post the hatched adult photo.
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