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Elm or Four-Horned Sphinx Caterpillar

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"Four-horned Sphinx (Elm Sphinx)" by Kevin Ripka - Flickr: Four-horned Sphinx (Elm Sphinx). Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org About This Insect Scientific Name: Ceratomia amyntor Food: elms What does it turn into?   See it here Does it sting? No. Will it destroy my garden? No. Click here to see more caterpillars!

Waved Sphinx Caterpillar

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"Ceratomia undulosa larva" by Lacy L. Hyche,  Licensed under CC BY 3.0 us via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ceratomia_undulosa_larva.jpg#/media/File:Ceratomia_undulosa_larva.jpg About This Insect Scientific Name: Ceratomia undulosa Food: ash trees and lilacs What does it turn into?   See it here Does it sting? No. Will it destroy my garden? No. Click here to see more caterpillars!

Pipevine Swallowtail Caterpillar

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"Pipevine Swallowtail larva, Megan McCarty52" by Meganmccarty - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org About This Insect Scientific Name: Battus philenor Food: pipevines ( Aristolochia sp ) What does it turn into?   See it here Does it sting? No. Will it destroy my garden? No. Click here to see more caterpillars!

Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar

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"Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus Caterpillar 2400px" by Photo (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) - Self-photographed. Licensed under GFDL 1.2 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org About This Insect Scientific Name: Papilio troilus Food: redbay, spicebush, sassafrass What does it turn into?   See it here Does it sting? No. Will it destroy my garden? No. Click here to see more caterpillars!

Catalpa Sphinx Caterpillar

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By John B. (Flickr: Catalpa Sphinx Moth Caterpillar) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons About This Insect Scientific Name: Ceratomia catalpae Food: catalpa trees What does it turn into?   See it here Does it sting? No. Will it destroy my garden? No, but this species can defoliate catalpa trees. Click here to see more caterpillars!