Observation date: August 10, 2020
Submitted by: Charicola
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: We raised this from a caterpillar that grew so fast that we couldn't feed it to our leopard gecko. We fed it tomato leaves in addition to the paste food that it came with. It made a cocoon, and after @1.5 months, it emerged.
It seemed very docile. We put it outside onto a shady ornamental mulberry tree's trunk in the front yard.
Status: Resident
Verified by: ishaan2009
Verified date: October 14, 2021
Coordinator notes: This species is Manduca sexta. The waved sphinx does not occur near California. -Ishaan
