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Tobacco Hornworm (Manduca sexta)

In Nashua in September 2009 I found this neat Tobacco Hornworm (Manduca sexta). Besides being beautiful, this guy is destructive to garden plants and susceptible to parasitic wasps. He also clung onto my khaki pants with wicked strength -- I wasn't sure I could get him off in one piece!