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Manduca quinquemaculata, the five-spotted hawkmoth, is a brown and gray hawk moth of the family Sphingidae.The caterpillar, often referred to as the tomato hornworm, can be a major pest in gardens; they get their name from a dark projection on their posterior end and their use of tomatoes as host plants.
Manduca sexta is a moth of the family Sphingidae present through much of the Americas.The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum.. Commonly known as the Carolina sphinx moth and the tobacco hawk moth (as adults) and the tobacco hornworm and the Goliath worm (as larvae), it is closely related to and often confused with the very similar tomato hornworm ...
2 Life cycle. 3 Food plants. ... An example of the posterior "horn" seen on the tomato hornworm. Life cycle ... Tomato worm (Manduca quinquemaculata)
Skrjabinoptera phrynosoma is a parasitic worm in the phylum Nematoda, the most diverse of pseudocoelomates.Like many other parasites, the life cycle of S. phrynosoma is complicated and it involves two hosts – a lizard (e.g.: the desert horned lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos or the Texas horned lizard Phrynosoma cornutum) and an ant.
The larva is a large, stout caterpillar with a horn. It feeds during the day and the night on sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas ), Datura species, and other plants. It is known as a pest of sweet potato.
The larval stage of C. catalpae is known as the catalpa or catawba worm. When first hatching, the larvae are very pale, but become darker toward the last instars.The yellow caterpillars will usually have a dark, black stripe down their back along with black dots along their sides.
Dolichovespula maculata is a species of wasp in the genus Dolichovespula and a member of the eusocial, cosmopolitan family Vespidae.It is taxonomically an aerial yellowjacket but is known by many colloquial names, primarily bald-faced hornet, but also including bald-faced aerial yellowjacket, bald-faced wasp, bald hornet, white-faced hornet, blackjacket, white-tailed hornet, spruce wasp, and ...
Ceratomia amyntor, the elm sphinx or four-horned sphinx, is a North American moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Geyer in 1835. It has a wingspan of 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 - 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (8.2 - 11.5 cm).