Tomato hornworm

Manduca sexta

Lepidoptera: Sphingidae

Newport Beach, CA

Larval food plant: Tomato

Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu).
Originals available from Biological Photo Service.

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Larvae hatching from eggs
Molting larva

Larva
  

Molting larva
Larva. Photo by Michael Janney

Prepupa
Prepupa

Prepupa
Prepupa starting to molt: split cuticle above head

Newly molted pupa
Pupa