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Caterpillar (Pandora moth caterpillar)

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tail or spike
by: Anonymous

I have found a similar caterpillar and think it is a ceratomia undulosa(waved spinx moth caterpillar). I was wondering is the spike on the end of it a tail or stinger?
Tobacco hornworm
by: Anonymous

The tomato & tobbaco hornworms look alike but the tobacco hornworm has a red spike, the tomato has a black spike. BTW, found one of these on a box I was throwing stuff in outside & wanted it to move cuz I wasn't sure if it stung (it doesn't). I got a video clip of this thing hollering at a high pitch every time I nudged it - too funny !!
Pandora moth caterpillar
by: Moni

This is a relative of the tomato hornworm, they are called sphinx moth caterpillars in the family Sphingidae. This worm is called the Pandora moth caterpillar. It loses its tail in the last stage of being a caterpillar and can be reddish brown also.
Larva feed on plants in the Porcelain Berry and peppervine family, Ampelopsis, as well as grapes and Virginia creeper(5-leaf ivy).

It is really a beautiful moth and quite striking when it feeds on flowers on your front porch at night. (had one visit this year for the first time when I had the porch lights on)
Here are some photos of moth and larva
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3937/bgimage
Tomato worm
by: Anonymous

Don't know the correct name. But we call it a tomato worm. Because that's were you usally find them on the tomato plants.

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