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Hyles livornica
spotted feeding on Iphiona scabra plants in a coastal desert wadi
We have been waiting to see these moths around! Their caterpillars were quite abundant in our desert wadis about 6 weeks ago: (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/194...) and (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/187...) The first photo was taken of a moth that was stuck in a Desert Nettle plant, Forsskaolea tenacissima. I snapped this one photo, freed the moth, and off he went! We then saw several more darting between the flowers as they fed. (Photo #3 by my husband and uploaded with permission.)
Spotted on Apr 14, 2013
Submitted on Apr 14, 2013
2 Comments
Thanks, Jakubko!
Lovely! The detail in the first photo is incredible!