Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1019718

Carolina sphinx
Manduca sexta

Observation date: August 12, 2012
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: I was trying to raise this larva to see what it would turn into. Kept picking lots of leaves for it to eat. I left the lid off the fish tank to get more leaves, and when i came back this is what i found? boy was i surprised, it ate all! amazing because the horn warm was huge i had fed it so much. I use to have so many larva that they would eat all the milkweed and tons would starve. once i got mantids for the aphids i have the right balance of larva tons of butterflies and very few aphids. in the the butterfly garden plant it and they will come.
Status: Unknown
Verified by: Josiah Gilbert
Verified date: December 16, 2014
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Orange County