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    Communities > Forums > Insect and Spider Identification
    Forum: Insect and Spider IdentificationReplies: 4, Views: 49
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    deejay9

    deejay9
    (susie) Hastings, MI (Zone 5a)

    October 24, 2012 10:27 AM

    Post #9314069

    FOUND THIS IN MY FLOWERBED TODAY WHILE WEEDING sorry for caps .
    can anyone tell me if it ok to leave where i found it & go on about my work ?

    Just don't want anything that is going to harm my plants but i do not like to kill but will take to the NEIGHBORS Garden :)

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    DonnaB
    Vancleave, MS (Zone 8b)

    October 24, 2012 11:52 AM

    Post #9314148

    possibly Galium Sphinx (BedStraw Sphinx) green to more commonly brown or black-Highly variable. not for sure but the closest I cold find. Flapdoodle will probably know for sure

    deejay9

    deejay9
    (susie) Hastings, MI (Zone 5a)

    October 24, 2012 12:07 PM

    Post #9314165

    TY This summer I Had 2-4 of the Hummingbird Moth's here around my Butterfly Bushes so great I will go put this little guy right back out on the plant in witch i found him on :)))
    Flapdoodle
    Minot, ND

    October 24, 2012 12:50 PM

    Post #9314194

    Hyles gallii does appear most likely - http://bugguide.net/node/view/35158/bgimage, but some white-lined sphinx caterpillars can be quite dark as well - http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/Hyleslineata5lblacktexas.jp...

    deejay9

    deejay9
    (susie) Hastings, MI (Zone 5a)

    October 25, 2012 5:46 AM

    Post #9314814

    thank you all for your info Now he is back on the plant he came from & hope he will Hybernate till spring :) today will be our last 708 weather
    so i hope he can snuggle under the wood chips .

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