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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Hornworms</title>
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		<title>Tetrio Sphinx</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/06/tetrio-sphinx/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[black caterpillar with yellow stripes and red ends (Brazil)
November 6, 2009
Hello!
I spotted this huge caterpillar here in Rio de Janeiro and now I wonder what it is, and if it will turn into some beautiful butterfly one day! Can you help me? Thank you!
Anne
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Hi Anne,
This gorgeous caterpillar is a Tetrio Sphinx, Pseudosphinx [...]


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		<title>Pink Spotted Hawkmoth Caterpillar</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/03/pink-spotted-hawkmoth-caterpillar-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/03/pink-spotted-hawkmoth-caterpillar-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Large caterpillars
November 2, 2009
Hello-
I found these (2) massive caterpillars in my morning glories this morning. They were on the shady side, I guess that would be north west.  They were about three inches long and about  half an inch in diameter. I live in Bryan, Texas off West Villa Maria Rd.
Please tell me that they [...]


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		<title>Fig Sphinx Caterpillar</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/02/fig-sphinx-caterpillar-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hornworms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Caterpillar, unknown species
November 1, 2009
We found this very large beautiful orange and blue caterpillar on the ground (dirt) next a wood pile in deep south Texas on November, 1. Weather is clear and temperature is about 70 degrees. Can you tell us if this becoimes a moth and if so what type? There are very [...]


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		<title>Tersa Sphinx Caterpillar</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/31/tersa-sphinx-caterpillar-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/31/tersa-sphinx-caterpillar-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is this?
October 30, 2009
I found this caterpillar on my bricks in my flowerbed. I am having a hard time identifying it. please help. Found 10/30/2009 in Houston TX
Brandy
SE Texas
Hi Brandy,
This is a Tersa Sphinx Caterpillar.  We get numerous reports of them feeding on Penta.





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		<title>Tersa Sphinx Caterpillar</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/28/tersa-sphinx-caterpillar-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/28/tersa-sphinx-caterpillar-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western Tiger Swallowtail catepillar
October 27, 2009
I was wondering why the leaves of my penta plant were disappearing. Then this morning I found these &#8220;eyes&#8221; staring at me. At first I thought it was a plastic toy! What an amazing critter.
Marabelle
Sugar Land, TX
Hi Marabelle
Though it resembles a Western Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar, your critter is a Tersa [...]


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		<title>Oleander Hawkmoth Caterpillar</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/19/oleander-hawkmoth-caterpillar-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/19/oleander-hawkmoth-caterpillar-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[caterpillar
October 19, 2009
Funky worm&#8230; you know what it is?
Doug
My backyard on the island of Maui, HI.
Hi Doug,
It doesn&#8217;t appear to be feeding on oleander, but it looks like an Oleander Hawkmoth Caterpillar.  According to Bill Oehlke&#8217;s website, in addition to oleander, the caterpillar is also known to feed on &#8220;Minor hostplants are Vinca, Vitis, Gardenia, [...]


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		<title>Banded Sphinx Caterpillars:  light and dark morphs</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/19/banded-sphinx-caterpillars-light-and-dark-morphs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/19/banded-sphinx-caterpillars-light-and-dark-morphs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very Pretty Caterpillar
October 19, 2009
Hello, I found alot of these caterpillars all living on the same type of weed on my property. They are in various colors. I even found one with wasp eggs attached.
Frankie B Norris
Central Florida
Hi Frankie,
The Banded Sphinx, Eumorpha fasciatus, is one of several Sphinx Moths with highly variable caterpillars.  Though the [...]


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		<title>Death&#8217;s Head Hawkmoth Caterpillar</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/18/deaths-head-hawkmoth-caterpillar-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[yellow caterpillar?
October 16, 2009
Found in a garden in Florence Italy during October of 2009. What is it? Is it bad for plants?
A. Livingston
Florence, Italy
Dear A. Livingston,
This is the caterpillar of a Death&#8217;s Head Hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos, and other than eating some leaves, it is not harmful to the plant it is feeding upon.  You may [...]


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		<title>Pandora Sphinx Caterpillar</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/04/pandora-sphinx-caterpillar-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catapillar or worm?
October 4, 2009
This was found in southern Wisconsin on a grape vine. It is soft to the touch, even though the spotted outside looks like a &#8220;shell&#8221; When it stretches, it extends out of the &#8220;shell&#8221; Very different from anything we have ever seen before
Cora Purdue
Southern Wisconsin
Hi Cora,
Your caterpillar is a Pandora Sphinx [...]


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		<title>Barbary Spurge Hawkmoth Caterpillar</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/29/barbary-spurge-hawkmoth-caterpillar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caterpillar (red, black, white, yellow)
September 28, 2009
Can you please identify this caterpillar? It was photographed near Lake Tizlit in the High Atlas Mountains of central Morocco. The nearest village is Imilchil where my daughter works as a Peace Corps volunteer. This is in &#8220;her&#8221; national park. The photo was made in later June in semi-arid [...]


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