sphingid larva

[Nigel Venters]

No, it is not Hyles linneata...which incidentally also occurs in Europe as a
separate sub-species to the USA subspecies.
Nigel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley A. Gorodenski" <stanlep at extremezone.com>
To: <jhimmel at mindspring.com>
Cc: <LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: sphingid larva


> One year I had a huge number of what looks to be the same thing in my
> back yard in Phoenix. I don't have a lawn, and the  natural vegetation
> (not weeds) that year were quite abundant because of the abundant rains
> we had. I'll take a wild stab - Hyles linneata, the white lined sphinx?
> Stan
>
> jh wrote:
> >
> > Some friends came across a great number of these sphingids in Arizona a
few
> > weeks ago
> > and took this picture.  They asked if I could find someone who knew what
> > they were.
> >
> > Picture at http://booksandnature.homestead.com/misc5.html
> >
> > Thanks -
> >
> > John
> >
> > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> > John Himmelman
> > Killingworth, CT
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> >
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