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Hyles Lineata
Black larva with narrow yellow stripe down the back and a speckled pattern down the sides. The head, anal plate and horn are orange. This species is highly variable in appearance. Even on the same plant, they can vary a lot. See Notes below
On Deerweed in Chaparral along hiking trail. This species is found throughout the Americas as well as parts of Africa, Eurasia and the West Indies.
Compare with my other spottings of this species at: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/11... and https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15... and https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/23...
Spotted on Apr 24, 2019
Submitted on Apr 30, 2019
2 Comments
Thank you Sergio! It's great to be able to post a spotting after all this time :-)
Great spotting as always, Cindy. Congrats.