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Striped Hawk-moth

Hyles livornica

Notes:

The smallest one I have ever seen, it my little finger next to it

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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Striped Hawk-moth
Hyles livornica Striped Hawk-moth


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5 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Hi, hi, giggling with bayucca...

bayucca, thanks for the good giggle I needed it.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

You have long fingers...
No, just kidding...
It is quite a small moth. Wingspan is 60-85 mm, with males being slightly smaller than the females. There might be size variations due to migration period, seasonal availability of food resources and geographic location.

bayucca, Thank you, do they really get so small or was this just lucky on my side, its really small

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Sphingidae, Macroglossinae, Hyles livornica.
http://boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrow...

Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Mar 3, 2014
Submitted on Mar 3, 2014

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