Nigel Cattlin / Tobacco hornworm / hawkmoth (Manduca sexta) pupa on soil, a serious Tobacco (Nicotiana sp) pest.

Nigel Cattlin / Tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) caterpillar feeding on damaged Tobacco (Nicotiana sp) leaf. USA.

Eladio Fernandez / Tobacco hornworm caterpillar (Manduca sexta) Cuba.

Robert Thompson / Tobacco hornworm moth (Manduca sexta) caterpillar on stem. Arizona, USA. July.

John Abbott / Five-spotted hawk moth (Manduca quinquemaculata) Boone Woods Park, Kentucky, USA, May.

MYN / Seth Patterson / Caterpillar larva of Rustic sphinx moth (Manduca rustica) Sabal Palm sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, USA, October. meetyourneighbours.net project

Rolf Nussbaumer / Carolina sphinx moth (Manduca sexta) close up of caterpillar on plant, Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA.

MYN / Jerry Monkman / Tomato hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata) Rye, New Hampshire, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Mark Moffett / Five-spotted Hawkmoth (Manduca quinquemaculata) feeding on flower nectar, Sonoita, Arizona

Mark Moffett / Five-spotted Hawkmoth (Manduca quinquemaculata) feeding on Longtube Four O'clock (Mirabilis longiflora) nectar, Arizona

Pete Oxford / Rustic Sphinx Moth (Manduca rustica) camouflaged on tree trunk Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Caterpillar larva of Five spotted hawkmoth (Tomato hornworm) {Manduca quinquemaculata}, pest of tomato plants, Tennessee, USA

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Caterpillar larva of Five spotted hawkmoth (Tomato hornworm) {Manduca quinquemaculata} covered in pupal cocoons of parasitic braconid wasp, Tennessee, USA

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Caterpillar larva of Five spotted hawkmoth (Tomato hornworm) {Manduca quinquemaculata}, pest of tomato plants, Tennessee, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Caterpillar larva of Rustic Sphinx Moth {Manduca rustica} on Beebrush (Aloysia gratissima) Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

Doug Wechsler / Caterpillar larva of Tomato hornworm moth {Manduca quinquemaculata} with parasitic wasp cocoons. Pennsylvania, USA

Rupert Barrington / Parasites {Cotesia sp} on the Tobacco hornworm, caterpillar larva of Carolina sphinx moth {Manduca sexta} USA

Doug Wechsler / Carolina sphinx moth {Manduca sexta} parasitized by brachonid wasp pupae, USA.

Mark Moffett / Five-spotted Hawkmoth (Manduca quinquemaculata) feeding on flower nectar, Sonoita, Arizona

Mark Moffett / Five-spotted Hawkmoth (Manduca quinquemaculata) feeding on flower nectar, Sonoita, Arizona

Doug Wechsler / Braconid wasp cocooons parasitise caterpillar larva of Tobacco hornworm hawkmoth {Manduca sexta} Pennsylvania, USA

Robert Thompson / Rustic sphinx moth (Manduca rustica) resting on Moss covered tree trunk. Arizona, USA. May.

Robert Thompson / Rustic sphinx moth (Manduca rustica) resting on Moss covered tree trunk. Arizona, USA. May.

Robert Thompson / Rustic sphinx moth (Manduca rustica) resting on Moss covered tree trunk. Arizona, USA. May.

Robert Thompson / Rustic sphinx moth (Manduca rustica) resting, close up, Arizona, USA. May.

Robert Thompson / Rustic sphinx moth (Manduca rustica) resting on rock, Arizona, USA. May.