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Spotting

Description:

A hornworm, some Sphingidae.

Habitat:

Rain forest close to the Rio Negro.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Chiron woodlike sphinx moth
Xylophanes chiron


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6 Comments

BostjanDvorak
BostjanDvorak 4 years ago

Xylophanes chiron. Great photo!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Impressionante!

KenCheeks
KenCheeks 11 years ago

Oh, that's a beauty! Can't wait to find out its identity.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Spectacular color!

elaphrus
elaphrus 11 years ago

No, not huge. I'm bad at estimating sizes but maybe the size of a man's first finger. Similar to the size of the Tomato Hornworm in the U.S.

RedTopRanger
RedTopRanger 11 years ago

How large is this? From the picture it looks huge!

elaphrus
Spotted by
elaphrus

AM, Brazil

Spotted on May 23, 2012
Submitted on Feb 8, 2013

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