[CH] Miss Dewis Hornworm
byron bromley (byron.bromley@gsd-co.com)
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 18:56:31 -0400
Grumble
Right after I post that I got another note from
William Oehlke, who in a major world specialist.
He recieved this note.
The reason for the ID change is that the Mimas tilia
has the "Apple" coloring just before the pupa state
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Byron,
I sent the image to Tony Pittaway and he informs me that it is Mimas tilia
and not the Smerinthus species I indicated.
Tony is based in England and is more familiar with European sphingidae.
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/m_til.htm
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Thanks for the challange Miss Dewi.
I never new that hornworm changed colors
and I now know that there are 772 species
Lord Byron