Order: Lepidoptera (le-pid-OP-ter-a) (Info)
Family: Sphingidae (SFIN-gi-dee) (Info)
Genus: Eumorpha (yoo-MOR-fa) (Info)
Species: pandorus
Profile:2 positives
No neutrals
No negatives
Regional...This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: Newberry, Florida
Wewahitchka, Florida
Cary, Illinois
Divernon, Illinois
Overland Park, Kansas
Benton, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Coushatta, Louisiana
East Falmouth, Massachusetts
Waltham, Massachusetts
Cole Camp, Missouri
Craryville, New York
Kure Beach, North Carolina
Barberton, Ohio
Glouster, Ohio
Laflin, Pennsylvania
Shermans Dale, Pennsylvania
Whitehall, Pennsylvania
Summerville, South Carolina
Plano, Texas
Boydton, Virginia
North Shore, Virginia
Member Notes:
| Rating | Author | Comment |
| Positive | mgarr | On Jul 10, 2008, mgarr from Hanover Twp., PA
(Zone 6a) wrote:Now I know what has been eating my Virginia Creeper foliage. They are easy to take a photo of because they don't like to fly in the daylight hours. They are quit large. The one I posted was 4 1/2" wide. |
| Positive | creekwalker | On Jul 20, 2011, creekwalker from Benton County, MO
(Zone 5a) wrote:This caterpillar was found eating poison ivy! He had eaten almost all of the leaves off of a vine we've been having trouble getting rid of, that keeps growing on a cedar tree. Next to the poison ivy is some virginia creeper too, however, this caterpillar was eating the poison ivy leaves and not the virginia creeper. We thought that was pretty unusual. |
| | By DiOhio
 By DiOhio
 By DebinSC
 By dtardif869
 By daistuff
 By mgarr
 By BensMommy
 There are a total of 24 photos.
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