Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 908329

Achemon sphinx
Eumorpha achemon

Observation date: July 02, 2013
Date notes: It was on a grape leaf.
Submitted by: irun4meee
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: It was on one of our grape vines. It had eaten several leaves already. It's been very hot here in Los Angeles, this particular evening it was 83 at 6:00 p.m.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: July 04, 2013
Coordinator notes: This is a moth caterpillar. I'm changing status to let caterpillar and moth specialists have an opportunity to try and ID it. Eumorpha achemon http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7861