Rustic Sphinx Cat
Few caterpillars can match the Rustic Sphinx Moth, Manduca rustica, for sheer elegance. Not many can match them in size, either. This one was at least three inches long. A groundskeeper at the Tucson Botanical Gardens found it feeding on Tecoma foliage.
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Uploaded on October 10, 2010
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Rustic Sphinx Cat
Few caterpillars can match the Rustic Sphinx Moth, Manduca rustica, for sheer elegance. Not many can match them in size, either. This one was at least three inches long. A groundskeeper at the Tucson Botanical Gardens found it feeding on Tecoma foliage.
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Uploaded on October 10, 2010
Taken on September 20, 2010