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What is this large bug please?

 
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Aug 31, 2011 12:46 |  #1

...and what will it turn into, if anything?!

Not a macro shooter at all. Went to dump a pitcher of water on this plant and spotted this creature. Approx 4" in length and a good 1/2" in diameter. Large stinger at end of abdomen.

Shot taken with a 35L, 5D2 on a tripod for stability. No processing other than a bit of sharpening and color correction. Thanks in advance for your information about the creature.

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Aug 31, 2011 13:17 |  #2

It looks a little like the Manduca sexta from a brief search.. (but I know nothing so treat it as a tip!).

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Manduca_sexta (external link)

Was it on a tomato plant?

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Aug 31, 2011 13:23 as a reply to  @ BasAndrews's post |  #3

We always just called them tomato bugs. They used to freak my mother out terribly :).


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Aug 31, 2011 14:01 |  #4

BasAndrews wrote in post #13030968 (external link)
It looks a little like the Manduca sexta from a brief search.. (but I know nothing so treat it as a tip!).

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Manduca_sexta (external link)

Was it on a tomato plant?

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Not a tomato plant. Was eating the leaves (mostly) and blooms on your standard potted Petunia plant.

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Aug 31, 2011 14:02 |  #5

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We always just called them tomato bugs. They used to freak my mother out terribly :).

No wonder. It was quite LARGE! My guess was some sort of caterpillar, but it's kind of late in the year to be in this state.

Again, not much of a macro guy or bug shooter. Didn't want to disturb his work so I watered the OTHER plant and left this guy to his business.

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Aug 31, 2011 14:11 |  #6

Wallace River wrote in post #13030993 (external link)
We always just called them tomato bugs. They used to freak my mother out terribly :).

Tomato Hornworm it is. Snipped from a gardening site after a search on your call of 'tomato bug.'

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Scientific Name: Manduca quinquemaculata
The tomato hornworm has eight angled stripes that point toward its head. The "horn" is typically black.

Me again: Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. No wonder that particular potted plant is dying off quickly!


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Aug 31, 2011 14:55 as a reply to  @ snyderman's post |  #7

Not wanting to be pedantic but I think it's actually a Tobacco Hornworm. A very similar caterpillar but with subtly different markings to the Tomato Hornworm.


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Aug 31, 2011 15:43 |  #8

djbek4 wrote in post #13031393 (external link)
Not wanting to be pedantic but I think it's actually a Tobacco Hornworm. A very similar caterpillar but with subtly different markings to the Tomato Hornworm.

You mean the insect in my original post is a Tobacco Hornworm or the image I posted from the garden site is a Tobacco Hornworm?

What is the creature in my original post, please? Thanks!

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Aug 31, 2011 15:48 as a reply to  @ snyderman's post |  #9

The original post image is of the Tobacco Hornworm, the second image is of the Tomato Hornworm.


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Aug 31, 2011 16:06 |  #10

djbek4 wrote in post #13031652 (external link)
The original post image is of the Tobacco Hornworm, the second image is of the Tomato Hornworm.

And for the original post I put the link to the tobacco Hornworm, as it matched your image pretty well.

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Sep 04, 2011 15:55 |  #11

BasAndrews wrote in post #13031751 (external link)
And for the original post I put the link to the tobacco Hornworm, as it matched your image pretty well.

http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Manduca_sexta (external link)

Thanks for the clarification. Thing was attached to, and eating ALL OF a potted petunia plant hanging on the back deck of the home.

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