Five-Spotted Hawk Moth vs Pale Click Beetle

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute	Five-Spotted Hawk Moth	Pale Click Beetle
Scientific Name	Manduca quinquemaculata	Agrypnus murinus
Order	Lepidoptera	Coleoptera
Family	Sphingidae	Elateridae
Size	95-130 mm wingspan	12-17 mm
Habitat	Farmland	Farmland
Diet	Nectar Feeders	Predators
Regions	Throughout North America	Europe, Western Asia
Conservation	Least Concern	Least Concern

Five-Spotted Hawk Moth

A large mottled gray moth whose caterpillar is the familiar tomato hornworm with a distinctive black horn. The adult has five pairs of yellow-orange spots on its abdomen.

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Did You Know?

Its caterpillar is frequently confused with the tobacco hornworm but can be distinguished by its V-shaped white markings instead of diagonal stripes.

Pale Click Beetle

A distinctive European click beetle covered in a mosaic pattern of grey and brown scales giving it excellent camouflage on bark and soil. The body is robust and somewhat flattened.

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Did You Know?

The mottled grey pattern provides excellent camouflage, making this beetle nearly invisible when resting on lichen-covered bark.