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Nov 15, 2014 7:22 PM CST
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Name: Leslieray Hurlburt
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I was courious to know what the cats eat in your garden? The Plumeria they are on looks unscathed in the photo.They are quite startling looking creatures! Fantastic! Thank You. I tip my hat to you.
Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento California.
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Nov 15, 2014 8:15 PM CST

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You can see in this picture that they are happily munching away on the plumeria leaves.
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Nov 16, 2014 1:43 AM CST
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Name: Leslieray Hurlburt
Sacramento California (Zone 9b)
The WITWIT Badge Region: California Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Xeriscape Native Plants and Wildflowers Salvias
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Pseudosphinx tetrio. I've just looked it up. It bites! Along with that it has hairs that come loose and imbed into the skin to cause iritation. Plumeria' seems to be it's primary food along with some others in family Apocynaceae. Hence two of it's common names; Fangipani Hornworm and Plumeria caterpillar. You must be their best green grocer friend in your neighborhood. Do you let them be or check there free for all with your flora somehow? They are quite large even for a hornworm! Still I find them quite captivating to look at. Ours here are tame in comparison but just as voracious for greens. I'm fairly sure ours don't bite but they do disgorge a droplet if disturbed similar to one thats doing it in your photo. I tip my hat to you.

Five-spotted hawkmoth cat.
Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth, 1803) Stuffed with Brugmansia sanguinea
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Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento California.
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Nov 16, 2014 5:41 AM CST

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They are very rarely seen here. This is the third time in the 14 years I have been growing plumeria. They are more much more commonly found in the Caribbean and Central American home of plumeria.
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Nov 16, 2014 3:04 PM CST
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Name: Leslieray Hurlburt
Sacramento California (Zone 9b)
The WITWIT Badge Region: California Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Xeriscape Native Plants and Wildflowers Salvias
Foliage Fan Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Birds Bee Lover Hummingbirder Butterflies
I tip my hat to you.
Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento California.
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