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INSECTS

Five-spotted Hawk Moth

Manduca quinquemaculatus

Insects
Five-spotted Hawk Moth, photo 1 of 5
Five-spotted Hawk Moth, Caterpillar
Five-spotted Hawk Moth, photo 3 of 5

Butterfly or moth in the family Sphingidae.

There are 8 observations of Five-spotted Hawk Moth in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Lanaudière and Montérégie, and it has been reported in 3 of the 17 regions.

Through the year

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Based on observations from Ontario

Where to see it

  1. Outaouais6
  2. Lanaudière1
  3. Montérégie1

What the caterpillar eats

DEADLY
Cultivated tobaccoNicotiana tabacum
TOXIC
Irish potatoSolanum tuberosum
TOXIC
Deadly NightshadeAtropa bella-donna
DEADLY
JimsonweedDatura stramonium
DandelionTaraxacum officinale
TOXIC
Matrimony-vineLycium barbarum

Similar species

Waved SphinxCeratomia undulosa
Great Ash SphinxSphinx chersis
Elm SphinxCeratomia amyntor
Pawpaw SphinxDolba hyloeus
Laurel SphinxSphinx kalmiae
Blinded SphinxPaonias excaecata
Walnut SphinxAmorpha juglandis
Hummingbird ClearwingHemaris thysbe