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La Sesia è una farfalla (circa 20 mm di apertura alare) con ali trasparenti e addome a fasce nere e gialle che termina con un ciuffo di peli. La larva, che è polipoda, misura circa 15 mm; essa è bianco-giallognola e con capo bruno.
Synanthedon tipuliformis, known as the currant clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is endemic to the Palearctic ecozone, but is an invasive species in the Nearctic ecozone and the Australasia ecozone.
The wingspan is 17–20 millimetres (0.67–0.79 in). The moth flies from April to July depending on the location.
Notice how the butterfly's proboscis is working - at 1/125 sec exposure it is blurry because of its extremely fast movement!
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This tropical butterfly has short hairs on its front legs, making it part of the 'brush-footed' butterfly family. They are fast flyers and usually stay at altitudes that are above human reach. In the warm climates that it lives in, many broods (generations) are likely to rise in one year and the butterflies are most active from spring to late autumn.
The caterpillar is reddish-brown with orange-brown stripes. It has two horns at the head and rows of sharp, black spines. It is not a caterpillar that lends itself to touching or handling. In addition to its foreboding appearance, the caterpillars, as well as the butterflies, are poisonous. The larvae feed on passion flower vines which contain a toxic chemical that stays in the body, rendering it lethal to anything that tries to eat it.
Sometimes, swarms of Gulf Fritillary Butterflies leave Latin America and fly into southern Texas and Florida, but this species is also a native to its U.S. range.
I found this one gathering nectar from a Spanish Needle in the Lake Louisa State Park, Clermont. Florida.
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I didn't realise until I got back home that I hadn't photographed yet another Monarch - but had added a new species to my life list :o) Naples Botanical Garden, Naples, Florida, USA. 2013-05-23.