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Walnut Sphinx
The caterpillar feeds upon the black walnut, the butternut, and the hop-hornbeam. Some of the larvae are green, others are reddish, but the color of the larvae seems to have no relation to any variation in color of the perfect insects. The species is distributed from Canada to Florida and westward to the eastern boundary of the great plains.