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Metamorphosis of the Rustic Sphinx

Posted by July 3rd, 2007 at 12:00 am

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Hummingbird Moths, Sphinx Moths or Hawk Moths

Manduca rustica
Hi,
Just dicovered your page, great! I moved to Tucson AZ from Europe, and I am still fascinated with the numbers and the size of our insects here. Last year a caterpillar of a hawkmoth mystified us, so we raised it (fed it tons of cape honeysuckle) and waited for the imago. Here are the stages, all huge
Margarethe

rustica metamorphosis cat Metamorphosis of the Rustic Sphinxrustica metamorphosis pupa Metamorphosis of the Rustic Sphinx

Hi Margarethe,
Thank you for sending in your wonderful documentation of the metamorphosis of the Rustic Sphinx.

rustica metamorphosis imago Metamorphosis of the Rustic Sphinx

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