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Bug of the Day
Saw this beautiful azalea sphinx (Darapsa choerilus) at the light last night. I always forget it is the azalea sphinx - because of the specific epithet, and the beautiful reddish tones on this moth, my brain always thinks "cherry sphinx." But this moth does not eat cherry, and "choerilus" does NOT have anything to do with cherry - it is actually a reference to the Greek poet Choerilus.
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Bug of the Day
This walnut sphinx (Amorpha juglandis) was so fresh and beautiful when it showed up at the light! Also, just realized, this needs to go on my list of genera that are used for more than one organism type - there is also Amorpha fruticosa, a leguminous tree.
Bug of the Day
New leaf-nomming frens. The big boi is an Abbott's sphinx (Sphecodina abbottii); the tiny one is a very early instar and cannot yet be identified.
Bug of the Day
I miss rearing caterpillars!
Hi! Regarding your last post about the laurel sphinx caterpillar, I'm just curious - would the technical term for that lil blue defense be "horn"? I just don't want to sound like an idiot when I'm tryna get my friends to take the caterpill and see the buggy truth.
(p.s. YOUR BLOG IS AMAZING and by default YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!)
(p.p.s. that took forever to do on mobile but u deserve rainbow love damnit)
First of all, no, *YOU* are amazing. Thank you for the kind words.
Yes, that little blue defense is indeed called a horn, technical term is "butt projection" ;-)
Seriously though, the common name for Sphingid caterpillars is "hornworms" for this very reason. For more about this check out this page on @eumorpha-dream 's amazing website, Sphingidae.us: https://www.sphingidae.us/general-information.html
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#1141 -Â Coequosa australasiae
Photographed by Scott Hanley in Nambour, a town in SE Queensland.
Coequosa australasiae ( formerly Brachyglossa banksiae ) is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, where the caterpillars feed on eucalyptus leaves. The caterpillars are very large, have huge butts, tiny forked heads, and are covered in small warts. This is not a very pretty description, but they are a pleasant shade of green. The moths then pupate in leaf litter.
