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This past Tuesday, I spotted this tobacco hornworm ambling across our driveway in Grand Junction.
I've
always thought of these as tomato hornworms, but when I looked this one
up to verify the identification, I discovered that the tomato hornworms (Manduca quinquemaculata) are actually a little different. This one is a tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta).
It
was out looking for a spot to dig into the ground and pupate. I took a
few pictures and then put it into the snake terrarium. Within 30 seconds
it had already dug itself into the ground. Hopefully we'll see a tobacco hornworm moth in a few weeks.
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