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Carolina sphinx caterpillar (Manduca sexta) Betlehem Valley Farm, Marthasville, MO, St Louis. Jun 25th, 2018 Geotagged,Goliath worm,Manduca sexta,Summer,United States,moth week 2018 Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Carolina sphinx caterpillar (Manduca sexta)

Betlehem Valley Farm, Marthasville, MO, St Louis. Jun 25th, 2018

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"Manduca sexta" is a moth of the family Sphingidae present through much of the Americas. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 "Centuria Insectorum".

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Thibaud Aronson
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By Thibaud Aronson

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Uploaded Jun 27, 2018. Captured Jun 25, 2018 11:56 in Bethlehem Valley Rd, Marthasville, MO 63357, USA.
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/10.0
  • 1/512s
  • ISO1000
  • 437mm