Hemeroplanes triptolemus

(Sphingidae)

Host plant: Fischeria panamensis
 

 

Caterpillar Description

 

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Determined by: Gentry/Dyer

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development time

 As of Oct. 2001, N=1

Host plants

 Asclepidaceae: Fischeria panamensis

Parasitoids

 

Predators

 

Observations and comments

When alarmed the larvae flips iself over exposing its underside, while still hanging by its last pairs of prolegs, and inflates its thoracic region, creating a striking imitation of a viper.

Voucher location

 Tulane University