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Sphingidae: Sphinginae: Sphingini
Hawk moth, very long proboscis (10 inches?),
Some kind of Hawk Moth? It was about 4 inches in length.
3 - 3.5" long with pinkish markings on the body (not really visible in the ...
Green with brown stripes and a horn on the back end. About 1.5" long.
Moth: This was a chance encounter, so i had to use my cell phone camera: about ...
Abdomen is grayish brown w/ pink bands. . ...
The imago has a wingspan of 3¾ - 4¾ inches (9.5 – 12 cm). Its robust body is ...
At least 3.5" long, maybe 4". It never opened its wings, so no idea on ...
This hawkmoth's basic coloration is in ...
Desert Thorn Apple is a herbaceous annual plant with large (6 inches) flowers, ...
Large moth, sides of abdomen and hind wings marked with bright
Green caterpillar with white diagonal stripes and a
large, about 3" long, very furry, shades of grey
Large brown and black mottled moth with two rows of
delicate colored regular spots on both ...
and in the last pic you can see the pink ...
The strikingly colourful oleander hawk-moth ...
(Linnaeus, 1758), called Convolvulus
They feed during the day and also during the night on "Sweet Potato" ("Ipomoea ...
The adult Convolvulus Hawk-moth is grey ...
wings and the body are mainly olive brown or beige, with white stripes. The ...
in daytime and hawk-moths, with their long ...
, where it is very broad. Hind wings are
are pink, with black and white edges. The ...
This caterpillar is around 6 cm long, green with tiny yellow/bright green dots ...
This is a large (wingspan 70–100 mm), rather odd-looking, species, usually ...
Ipomoea ( /ˌɪpɵˈmiːə/)[2] is the largest genus in the flowering plant family ...