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Sphinx chersis

a green caterpillars with slanted white stripes along its back and a short white horn-like appendage at its tail is perched vertically on an ash tree stem

With ash trees decimated by the emerald ash borer, where do other insects that depend on ash go? A new study shows landscape managers that choosing the right replacements for ash is critical for such ash-reliant native insects, such as the great ash sphinx (Sphinx chersis), shown here. (Photo by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org)

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