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Snowberry Clearwing
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Size: 1.25" - 2.0" |
I have used a digital camera to photograph the whole life cycle of the moth in this photo.
The eggs were deposited on a coral honeysuckle leaf in May and this very moth emerged from its pupa in July.
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from Central Texas Location | |
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May 16, 2002 - Female deposited these eggs on the coral honeysuckle leaves. I've seen them depositing eggs in April. |
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May 22, 2002 - First eggs hatched this morning. |
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May 26, 2002 - Now four days old. Much more detail is visible including nine spots down the side, a raised yellow anterior rim at the head. Without the magic of macro photography, the rear horn looks like a tiny black hair on a caterpillar that is smaller than a baking "cookie sprinkle" or icing sprinkle. |
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![]() June 2, 2002 | |
![]() June 8, 2002 | |
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Here is a good view of the underside of the caterpillar only a few days before it buried itself. |
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First Snowberry Clearwing moth pupa. |
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Two moths emerged on the morning of July 2, 2002. |
Concerned that these caterpillars are destroying your garden? Remove them and rear them away from your garden as I did. (See bottom of main Hummingbird Moths page.)
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