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Impatiens Hawk Moth

Theretra oldenlendiae

Description:

Approximately 4 inches or 10 cm long with a tail that moved back and forth like a dogs tail. Ate a lot of leave in this picture. It hatched.

Habitat:

Found on the backyard wall.

4 Comments

Tristan Pragnell
Tristan Pragnell 11 years ago

Yes it did hatch, YukoChartaw. it hatched at the same time as some others, and I got confused. But I looked for the Impatiens Hawk Moth on Project Noah and found a photo of one. So I dug around in my photos and found a photo that matched with it.

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Nice spotting

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Did it hatch yet?? Love to see the photos if it did!

Tristan Pragnell
Tristan Pragnell 11 years ago

Thank you Harsha for the caterpiller ID.

Tristan Pragnell
Spotted by
Tristan Pragnell

伊万里市 (Imari), Japan

Spotted on Oct 22, 2012
Submitted on Oct 22, 2012

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