Ceratomia amyntor fifth instar, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin,
August 28, 2008, courtesy of Ian Miller.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, [1802] Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Ceratomia Harris, 1839 ........... Species: amyntor (Geyer, [1835])

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Ian writes, August 24, 2008, "Four-horned sphinx larva bit the webbing of my finger while I tried to move him to another birch cutting and drew blood. He has some big old jaws on him and very powerfull. I won't be picking him up for a while."

On August 28, Ian writes, "The Four-horned sphinx again. He wasn't quite as nippy today but he is 4 inches long!!!"

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