Don Alley
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Needs a Hookah
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Natalie Ann
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Fantastic colors on that cat. Do you know what it will turn into?
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DianaT
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That is BEAUTIFUL----Thanks, and Like Natalie Ann, I too am curious what it will become?
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when i find them (or snails) in my garden they learn to fly. right into the middle of the street....cars do the dirty work.....
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marv sherrill
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Its a sphinx moth larvae - white-lined sphinx are common in the desert - related to a tomato hornworm.
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Paulina
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I agree with you. As long as he's not hanging out on my tomatoes, he can hang with his hookah anytime.
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Groovy! Speaking of which....
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Great bug photo!! Horny little bastards!
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tehag
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moth
Hawk moth or sphinx moth, not sure which. Pupated a very similar one once and got this guy, who is a hawk moth.
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Sharksbaja
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Freaky!
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tehag
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Moth
Oops, found a pic of that caterpillar which pupated into the hawk moth, and after a second look they're really not all that similar.
Big and green, but that's about it, sorry.
[Edited on 10-12-2007 by tehag]
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Natalie Ann
Fantastic colors on that cat. Do you know what it will turn into? |
...a pipe dream?
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This is what ate 2 of my fire trees. Could become the mystic Rothchildia?
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Those guys sure are hungry when they are in that cat stage.....moths are also hungry....does anyone know if the bat moths eat clothing. My bikini
seems to be getting smaller and smaller and smaller
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Iflyfish
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Go ask Alice
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Those guys sure are hungry when they are in that cat stage.....moths are also hungry....does anyone know if the bat moths eat clothing. My bikini
seems to be getting smaller and smaller and smaller |
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Sallysouth
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Judy, it is not the moths, its your dryer
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Groovy! Speaking of which....
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WOW, Sharks.....That's a site to behold. When MrBill sees this, he'll vomit all over his keybord. Can you send it to him?
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Pappy Jon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by marv sherrill
Its a sphinx moth larvae - white-lined sphinx are common in the desert - related to a tomato hornworm. |
Yes, but there are many kinds. That one doesn't look familiar. The moth shown also came from a "horn worm" and looks familiar. The white-lined sphinx
moth cat eats evening primroses. Tobacco hornworms eat members of the nightshade family (tomatoes, etc). There are also hawkmoth cats that eat members
of the willow family (willow and cottonwood). The moth shown reminds me of a poplar hawkmoth.
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of life." Ed Abbey
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tehag
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Hookah
I came across one of those the other day and have it pupating in isolation. I will post pics of all three phases when the imago emerges.
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