Sunday, June 26, 2011

Two morphologically distinct life stages of the same organism



Tomato hornworm - Manduca quinquemaculata
3341 Scotch Hollow Road, Newbury VT.
This is a tomato hornworm we found outside of our house in Vermont.

Tomato hornworm - Manduca quinquemaculata
3341 Scotch Hollow Road, Newbury VT.
This is a tomato hornworm in its chrysalis form.

This is the fully grow tomato hornworm now called a five-spotted hawk moth (Manduca quinquemaculata)
3341 Scotch Hollow Road, Newbury VT.
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3 comments:

  1. Dr. RyanJune 26, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    ;) Now I've got to go look up what the adult form looks like!!! Those pics are awesome! You must have some type of macro lens option for your camera!

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  2. Dr. RyanJune 26, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Manduca-quinquemaculata

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  3. Katie WhiteJuly 20, 2011 at 11:34 PM

    I have a picture of the adult form as well and will post it soon. My mom is a second grade teacher so she brought it into her classroom last year and the kids watched its change.

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