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Cephanodes hylas
Body length estimated at about 4 cm. Behaved a lot like a miniature humming bird, flying from flower to flower to feed.
Garden shrubbery.
This specimen looked a little ragged, it had lots of bare spots on its body where the scales/fur had rubbed off. I'm not at all sure of the ID, perhaps it is a Hummingbird Hawk Moth that has lost the scales on its wings?
Spotted on Feb 16, 2020
Submitted on Feb 25, 2020
2 Comments
Hi Otto von Staden, welcome to the Project Noah community!
Wow, this is wonderful! Welcome to Project Noah Otto. Great notes and observations! I haven't seen that many spottings from South Africa. I hope to see more!