hi, i have been trying to identify a caterpillar my son found in Weymouth.
i think its a clearwing moth?
thank you
jason
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clearwing?
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Re: clearwing?
hi jason,
it looks like a lime hawk moth caterpiller to me.
gary
it looks like a lime hawk moth caterpiller to me.
gary
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Re: clearwing?
With a blue spike like that, it has to be a Lime Hawkmoth.
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Re: clearwing?
thanks guys. good to know. are they quite common?
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They can be, yes, especially in suburbia where roadsides and parks are often full of lime trees!
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