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Rustic Sphinx Moth

Manduca rustica

Photo by SG in CR
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Description:

Large, heavy bodied moth with a greenish mottled coloration that blends in almost perfectly on lichen and moss cover tree trunks( see last image).

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Manduca rustica

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PublishedJuly 27, 2014

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