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Today I found this very nice caterpillar of the Sphinx ligustri, a.k.a. Privet Hawk Moth.
It already measures a bit over 5cm, but it should get twice as large.
We very seldom see these, so the kids went all Oooh and Aaah!
They want to see it pupate and emerge.
We have a new pet :-)
Midnight Rendezvous -
Anyone who encountered a sphinx moth would agree with me, that this night creature look quite dead in the day; not even flinching when you breathe on their backs. A thirsty sphinx in flight must be a glorious sight. In the witching hour he hovers and hums, probing the centre of every flower; seeking a sweet heart that would give nectar. The deep valley he visits I’m unable to follow; I can’t even see my five fingers, but his bulbous lantern eyes will lead the way.
Right across the street from our hotel, the beginning of the Great Sphinx Avenue, stretching 2.7 km from Luxor Temple to the Karnak complex. Discovered only in the last couple of years, this avenue was built by the 30th Dynasty king Nectanebo I (380-362 B.C.), replacing an older path from the Eighteenth Dynasty (1550-1292 B.C.), and is guarded by sphinxes along its entire length.
Europe Trip 2010 - Day 07
December 30, 2010
Sphinx Observatory is an observatory located on Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. The mountain top has been hollowed to fit an elevator that leads to the observatory from the train station and ice Palace.
The sphinx on the bonnet (hood) of the Armstrong Siddeley used for Jess and Tim's wedding. As far as I can tell it was a post-war 16-18HP model.
A sphinx (Ancient Greek: Σφίγξ / Sphinx, sometimes Φίξ /Phix) is a mythological figure which is depicted as a recumbent lion with a human head. It has its origins in sculpted figures of Old Kingdom Egypt, to which the ancient Greeks applied their own name for the male monster, the "strangler", an archaic figure of Greek mythology. Similar creatures appear throughout South and South-East Asia. In European decorative art, the sphinx enjoyed a major revival during the Renaissance. Later, the sphinx image, something very similar to the original Egyptian concept, was exported into many other cultures, albeit often interpreted quite differently due to translations of descriptions of the originals and the evolution of the concept in relation to other cultural traditions.
The Sphinx was carved out of bedrock sometime around 2500 BCE (but restoration uses blocks). It was built as the guard to Khafre's pyramid but later took on the role of a god and was worshipped (as noted by Pliny the Elder in his manuscript Natural History 77-79 CE). It is believed the face is that of Khafre.
Contrary to popular belief, the face was not targeted by Napoleon's artillery. It is believed the nose was removed by an extremist who believed removing the nose was how you defeated the pagan god.
Chenille mature de Sphinx du pin (Sphinx pinastri, Sphingidae, Sphinginae, Sphingini) trouvée en phase mobile prépupation. L'animal semble passablement maigre pour cette phase, mais a refusé toute nourriture et s'est enterré dès qu'il avait eu de la terre à disposition.
The bands in this competition tended to bring along their own fan-base....some of these lads might be grandparents now!!
Le sphinx de Gizeh (appelé par les Arabes أبو الهول Abou al-Hôl, « père de la terreur ») est la statue thérianthrope qui se dresse devant les grandes pyramides du plateau de Gizeh, en amont du delta du Nil, dans la Basse-Égypte. Sculpture monumentale monolithique la plus grande du monde2 (73,5 mètres de long, 14 mètres de large et 20,22 mètres de haut), elle représente un sphinx couchant.
The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Old World monkey. It is found in southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo. The mandrill is the most colorful primate. It has an olive green or dark grey pelage with yellow and black bands and a white belly. Its hairless face has an elongated muzzle with distinctive characteristics such as a red stripe down the middle and protruding blue ridges on the sides. It also has red nostrils and lips, a yellow beard and white tuffs. The coloration of the animal is more pronounced in dominant adult males.
Today, it’s the sphinx outside the House of the Temple, the headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in the Southern Jurisdiction.
"This colossal edifice, located at 1733 Sixteenth Street NW in Washington, D.C. was a replica of a pre-Christian temple–the temple of King Mausolus, the original mausoleum . . . a place to be taken after death. Outside the main entrance, two seventeen-ton sphinxes guarded the bronze doors."
--Prologue, The Lost Symbol.
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