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Arrow Sphinx

Lophostethus dumolinii

Description:

The length of the forewings is 55–70 mm for males and 70–75 mm for females and the wingspan is 130–171 mm.

Habitat:

Found in the evening. Attracted to the light. Libombo mountains.

Notes:

The larvae feed on Ficus, Milletia aboensis, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Hibiscus micranthus, Hibiscus panduriformis, Dombeya rotundifolia, Dombeya cymosa, Carissa macrocarpa, Andersonia, Grewia bicolor and Grewia occidentalis.

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8 Comments

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Thank you Kel, Mr Moth and RiekoS :)
A great way to start a day by reading your nice comments!

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Nice series.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Gorgeous!!

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

Your spottings are a shade of brown and beige very beautiful.

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Thank you for your nice comments Janine, akshayakanthabailu and Dan :)

JanineLingTurner
JanineLingTurner 10 years ago

awesome shots tiz!!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Cool spot Tina! Really like the fourth photo.

akshaya
akshaya 10 years ago

fantastic spotting

Tiz
Spotted by
Tiz

Sifundza seLubombo, Swaziland

Spotted on Nov 10, 2013
Submitted on Nov 16, 2013

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