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Unfortunately no just added a note explaining where I picked this one up.
My previous spotting never eclosed.
Thanks for catching that - I uploaded it from my iPhone and didn't think about that.
Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapevine_b... - there it mentions about a southern variety that has the lighter colored legs like in you pics.
A type of Hawk moth called the Virgina Creeper Sphinx. What a great shot!
I had one that would come and sit on the window sill outside my home office and watch me.
I would guess it is some sort of mason bee -
http://bugguide.net/node/view/14967/bgpa...
I find these all around our chicken coop and the outside of the house.
The sensation of this one walking on you hand was very very strange. I caught it to show to a friend and within a couple of days it pupated. I now have it sitting in a container on the porch hoping it will emerge this summer.
I think that I want to see about purchasing some of these and raising to watch the entire life cycle.
