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White-lined sphinx moth

Hyles lineata

Description:

This hummingbird moth was feeding on a late thistle in a dry creek bed near Durango, CO.

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13 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Congrats Textless, your moth is featured in the Project Noah blog! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/5617089...

YurianaMartínez
YurianaMartínez 10 years ago

so nice!

Johan Heyns
Johan Heyns 10 years ago

Perfect shots!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 10 years ago

Wow! Wonderful!!

textless
textless 12 years ago

Thanks Courtney!

courtneyhitson
courtneyhitson 12 years ago

Wow that's a beautiful find!!

textless
textless 12 years ago

Thanks Harsha and allencraig... finding that moth made me ridiculously happy, and I was thrilled that some of the pictures turned out.

allencraig
allencraig 12 years ago

Great photos!

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 12 years ago

It's a beauty!

textless
textless 12 years ago

Thanks for the nice comments! I was really excited to find this moth, and to have it stay around long enough to take a number of pictures. :)

Matthijs
Matthijs 12 years ago

VERY NICE!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Beautiful!

AlexanderStein
AlexanderStein 12 years ago

Neat! I love sphynx moth! They're fun to watch fly.

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Durango, Colorado, USA

Spotted on Sep 5, 2011
Submitted on Sep 25, 2011

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