sphingid larva

Christopher Conlan conlan at adnc.com
Mon Nov 11 18:56:13 EST 2002


It's Hyles lineata (the white lined sphinx).  They can be dirt common 
in the southwest sometimes.  The larvae are quite variable ranging from 
green or yellow-green to nearly black.

Chris

On Monday, November 11, 2002, at 10:18 AM, 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
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