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Field Notes

Description:

10cm long

Species ID Suggestions

Vine Hawk Moth

Hippotion celerio

Comments (2)

thank you, bayucca, I do have vines here, so that would make sense
Sphingidae, Macroglossinae, Hippotion celerio. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippotion_celerio http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/h_cel.htm http://boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=20310 An almost global migrant moth.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2014

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