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Hemaris sp
I wonder what is it doing here in India
Spotted on Sep 3, 2012
Submitted on Sep 3, 2012
11 Comments
thanks Cammie and CarolSnowMilne!
I love caterpillars. This one is great!
hey nuwan
uploaded last pic of series
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/143...
yh nuwan its not a Hemaris thysbe caterpillar later i realised hermaris thybe caterpillat missing that red -white strip on upper side http://www.google.co.in/imgres?q=Hemaris...
might be the same genus
are you sure Uday! Hemaris thysbe is a North American species
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemaris_thy...
hey nuwan finally got ID!
its a Hemaris thysbe caterpillar
http://www.google.co.in/search?q=Hemaris...
:)
that's great :-)
thanks nuwan!
added to my collection already.
now i have 3 oleander hawk moth cocoons, 2 different caterpillars(including this one) ,one jumper spider, one crab spider and one orb weaver spider :)
nice series Uday! looks like from family Sphingidae (hawk moths) if you can rear this guy it would be great !