Adult & 3 larvae
Borrego Springs, CA
23 February 2004
Hoberg Canyon, ABDSP
21 March 2003
Henderson Canyon Rd., ABDSP
3 May 2001
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| White-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata) Adult & 3 larvae |
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| White-Lined Sphinx, Hyles lineata, sipping nectar from Kumquat. Granite Ridge, Boulder Co., CO 29 May 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| White-lined Sphinx cater-pillars are quite variable in color. Three different larval forms are pictured below. In years of popu-lation explosions, they eat whole fields of vegetation to the ground. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| White-lined Sphinx larva, dark form, eating Dune Evening Primrose (Oenothera deltoides) Borrego Springs, CA 23 February 2004 |
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| White-lined Sphinx larva, green form, eating California Evening Primrose (Camissonia californica). Hoberg Canyon, ABDSP 21 March 2003 |
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| White-lined Sphinx larva, yellowish, digging a burrow in loose sand for pupation Henderson Canyon Rd., ABDSP 3 May 2001 |
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