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Hyles tithymali phaelipae - Caterpillar happily munching
I'll use this image for the continuation of the series that I started here:
All subsequent images were taken in 2019 of larger caterpillars, up to pupating and emerging, roughly in order of body size:
This one I wrote down as being 4cm:
Next images should be between 4-7cm:
Conspicuously pale/red pronotum:
These I wrote down as being 7cm length:
Almost done:
And finally:
The Barbary Spurge Hawkmoth (Hyles tithymali) is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1834 from the Canary Islands. It is found, as various subspecies, in North Africa, the Canary Islands, Madeira, some islands in the Mediterranean Sea and in the mountains in Yemen.
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
