Tobacco Hornworm
Manduca sexta
Notes 4
Big, fat, vivid green caterpillars with white stripes and a bright red spike at one end. Eat a prodigious quantity of tomato leaves and have interestingly-shaped poop. They pupate underground and turn into brown moths.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Smithsonian Institution-NMNH-Insect Zoo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/88896512@N03/9621845517/
- (c) Smithsonian Institution-NMNH-Insect Zoo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/88896512@N03/9625082518/
- (c) David Bygott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/86666094@N00/3416698457
- (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
More Info
- iNaturalist NZ taxon page
- Animal Diversity Web
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- BugGuide
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
- CalPhotos
- CUIC Insect Images
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- Maryland Moths
- Mass Moths
- Moth Photographers Group
- Moths of North Carolina
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- Pacific Northwest Moths
iNaturalist NZ Map
| Color | green, red, white |
|---|---|
| Status | native |
