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Carolina Sphinx

Manduca sexta

Photo by LivanEscudero
Published on Project Noah
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25.7076, -80.4043

Field Notes

Habitat:

fields, suburb, gardens

Notes:

Found this big fellow resting on one of my potted plants one morning.

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Comments (1)
Latimeria
One of my favorite moths. :) I had the pleasure of raising one of these from the caterpillar, it's a marvelous creature.

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PublishedJanuary 7, 2012

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