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Photo#39691
rufous hawk-moth - Enyo lugubris

rufous hawk-moth - Enyo lugubris
World Birding Center HQ at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
Photographed in fall 2005. The Texas Wild Olive (Cordia boissieri, also known as Mexican Olive or Anacahuita) is a real magnet for insectivores, bringing in as diverse a crowd as Anna's Hummingbird, Two-barred Flasher (Astraptes fulgerator) and Obscure and White-lined Sphinx moths (Erynnis obscura and Hyles lineata). The critter photographed above (on the left-hand side of the photo) was feeding on the same tree as one or two White-lined, but is obviously something different. Unfortunately, this photo may not be good enough to determine what, maybe I should just frass it...

Insectivores?
Are you saying that sphinx moths eat insects, or did you mean to use another word?

 
oops....
Sorry, I meant nectarivores, not insectivores... JSR

ID credit
Identified by Texas lepidopterist Charles Bordelon. Photo taken right after an early November cold front, at dusk, supporting Patrick Coin's comment in the guide page for this species that it likes cold weather.

Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
joshua.rose_NO_SPAM@tpwd.state.tx.us
956-584-9156 x 236

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