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Submitted for National Moth Week 2016
Large bright green caterpillar, with
Spotted by Ann van Wijgerden for NMW 2014.
Hippotion celerio, known as the Vine
Hippotion celerio, the vine hawk-moth or ...
± 10 cm caterpillar - positively bursting at the seams!!
2 inches, brown form
Relatively large moth. Wing length: 55 mm.
other ornamental plants and crops. The adult moth is known by many names: ...
Brown with white stripes
Came to the light after a big rain storm
The forewing is typically 28–35 millimetres (1.1–1.4 in) long.
Found this striped lynx spider (according ...
Bright limey yellow body with grey and lilac oblique lateral
Lots of this particular Hawkmoth were ...
The Convolvulus Hawk-moth, Agrius ...
Green with brown stripes and a horn on the ...
Hawk moth, very long proboscis (10 inches?), pink
About 4 inches long. Green with white diagonal
The smallest one I have ever seen, it my little finger next to it
Found this one last night on a cement slab, not near any food plants
looks like Hyles lineata, very similar... but that's a new word species ...
With a wingspan of about 25 mm.