BugFiles How-to's: Unknown Lepidoptera Larvae?

Author Content trinnie St. Lucy Barbados July 22, 2010 11:48 AM Post #7988523 This massive caterpillar has infested one of my frangipanis and is in the process of decimating it. It eats ferociously day and night and drops massive frass. Anyone out there knows what it will turn into? My guess it's a moth rather than a butterfly. I am going to painstakingly remove them by hand and take them off the property to live happily in the wild. Any help gratefully received. Click the image for an enlarged view. indiana_lily Jeffersonville, IN (Zone 6b) July 22, 2010 1:37 PM Post #7988703 I think I found it for you! It's a Tetrio Sphinx Moth. Here's a link to an article about it here on DG. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://pics.davesgarden... kennedyh Churchill, Victoria Australia (Zone 10a) July 22, 2010 2:27 PM Post #7988807 trinnie I am glad you got a quick answer to your caterpillar ID. You were lucky as this forum is not watched by many members. This forum is for questions relating to adding data to the BugFiles database. We have a forum on Insect and Spider Identification here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/bugid/all/ and if you post your question there, you may get some help, If you have an image, you could attach it to the message you post for a better chance of getting an identification We have a page for the Tetrio Sphinx Moth in BugFiles here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/1456/ and would be pleased if you would add your picture to that page, Kennedy BugFiles Administrator

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