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Old 10-03-2016, 12:59 PM
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Another "name that bug". Sorry!

I apologise for these posts. I hope that someone finds tgem as educational as I do.

This guy is approximately 5cm long with a 1cm long barb on its back end. They seem to feed exclusively on my four o'clock flowers (Mirabilis jalapa) as I have found four others on neighboring plants.
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Last edited by BilliGoatsGruff; 10-03-2016 at 05:15 PM. Reason: Edit: turns out it's a Vine Hawk Moth caterpillar.
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