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orange caterpillar with spike on rear end (Sphinx moth caterpillar)

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Sphinx moth caterpillar
by: Moni

Magen
Your photo is of a sphinx caterpillar which turns into a moth. Since the caterpillars look a little different at each stage as they grow it is hard to know which one you have. If you had seen it eating on a plant that would also help with an even better identification to genus or species.
Larvae (caterpillars) feed both day and night on many kinds of woody and herbaceous plants depending on species.
They usually pupate in soil, though some form loose cocoons among leaf litter.
Most moths of this family (Sphingidae) fly at night looking a little like hummingbirds, coming to lights and found feeding on tubular flowers.

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