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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Agrius » Pink-spotted Hawkmoth - Hodges#7771 (Agrius cingulata)
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Feeding on a night blooming cactus - 2:30am - Agrius cingulata
Copyright © 2010 Scott Sexton

Feeding on a night blooming cactus - 2:30am - Agrius cingulata
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
August 6, 2010
Size: 2.5"
This specimen came in to sample one of my night blooming cacti while I was out photographing the flower at 2:30am
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Contributed by Scott Sexton on 6 August, 2010 - 2:39am
Last updated 12 August, 2010 - 2:33pm

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… john and jane balaban, 12 August, 2010 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

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Pink-spotted Hawkmoth - Hodges#7771 (Agrius cingulata)see:
and its a great photo, wish my camera would do this.
… Edna Woodward, 6 August, 2010 - 5:19am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks, I'm quite happy with this pic. The best part is that that's not cropped at all. the full res picture is about 8 times the size of the image posted here. I'm told BugGuide prefers photos no larger than 560 pixels on the longest side...
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