March 2006. A caterpillar was found in a block of sweet potato in Vanuatu and a photo sent for identification. It was thought to have fallen from an adjacent trees. The caterpillar is that of the sweet potato hawkworm, Agrius convolvuli. See photos at : http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/AgriuConv.htm Original: tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3840 Replies: tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3841 tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3842 tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3843 tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3847 tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3848 tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3852 tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3872
The caterpillar is that of the sweet potato hawkworm, Agrius convolvuli. See photos at : http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/AgriuConv.htm
Original: tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3840 Replies: tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3841 tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3842 tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3843 tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3847 tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3848 tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3852 tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pestnet/message/3872