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Hawk Moth

Sphingidae

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bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Eumorpha obliquus obliquus Eumorpha obliquus obliquus


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9 Comments

JessyZich
JessyZich 12 years ago

Thanks!

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bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Sphingidae, Macroglossinae, Philampelini, Eumorpha obliquus obliquus.

AileenG
AileenG 12 years ago

nice capture! i had the same spotting. almost =D and yes! it's huge ! =)
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/588...

JessyZich
JessyZich 12 years ago

thanks!

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Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Yes it is a hawk moth from the family Sphingidae. See a related species here http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/...

Bruce Weiskotten
Bruce Weiskotten 12 years ago

Wow, very detailed camouflage

JessyZich
JessyZich 12 years ago

Yes it is big and was flying around the kitchen!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 12 years ago

HUGE! Awesome! Great moth!

MatthewKritzer
MatthewKritzer 12 years ago

A type of Sphingidae...

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JessyZich
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JessyZich

Municipio La Paz, Departamento de La Paz, Bolivia

Spotted on Sep 25, 2009
Submitted on Nov 25, 2011

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