tags: moth, lined sphinx, Hyles lineata, Image of the Day
Hyles lineata, the lined sphinx.
(Image captured in Bozeman, Montana).
Image: Martin Richard, author of Science for Kids.
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a wind-borne seed trapped in a wind-blown fence near Helena, Montana, November of 2005. This is an old-fashioned clematis. Their filaments, evolved to catch the wind, also caught the sun and the photographer's eye. Click image for much larger view in its own window.
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That's Hyles lineata, the lined sphinx. It's not Agrius. The forewings give it away.
A nice photo, regardless.
thanks for the ID, alex!
Hey, that's not a proboscis, it's a wire!
(if you can't even get close to beating them, try dragging them down to your level)
Bob