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Rustic sphinx (detail) - Manduca rustica
Copyright © 2005 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Rustic sphinx (detail) - Manduca rustica
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
September 30, 2005
Size: 80mm
J & J noticed the black dots on my first posting of this hornworm. On close inspection, I think they are empty silky pupae of some kind of parasite. This was the best detail I could get with my camera. Spiracle at top right, two adjacent empty pupae at bottom center.

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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 1 October, 2005 - 11:43am
Last updated 3 August, 2006 - 10:36pm

crochets!
Excellent--shows the crochets on that proleg--now used in the glossary entry. (Also used for spiracles.)
… Cotinis, 4 June, 2008 - 11:08am

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