Pine Hawk-moth (Sphinx pinastri) larva
The Adult
is a little plane for a hawk moth.
LesterWareham Moderator  More info | Oct 23, 2018 13:10 | #1 Gear List
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LordV Macro Photo-Lord of the Year 2006  More info | Oct 25, 2018 00:27 | #2 Lovely captures Lester - a rather handsome cat http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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racketman Cream of the Crop  More info | Oct 25, 2018 15:34 | #3 nice find, I hardly see any of the larger species. Toby
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hayath Goldmember  2,027 posts Likes: 1488 Joined Jan 2010 Location: Bangalore, India More info | Oct 25, 2018 23:38 | #4 |
Oct 26, 2018 05:57 | #5 Many thanks all appreciated. Gear List
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Trik Goldmember  More info | Oct 26, 2018 13:55 | #6 Nice, Lester. Did you find it wandering for a pupation site? I've yet to see one of these super larvae and have thought about rearing some. We had an imago fly into our living room earlier this year, so some of the pines out the back must be lhps.
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Trvlr323 Goldmember  3,318 posts Likes: 1091 Joined Apr 2007 More info | Oct 26, 2018 15:03 | #7 I came for the title but stayed for the pictures. Very nice. Sometimes not taking a photograph can be as problematic as taking one. - Alex Webb
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Nov 02, 2018 10:43 | #8 Thanks Both. nqjudo wrote in post #18737119 I came for the title but stayed for the pictures. Very nice. Trik wrote in post #18737069 Nice, Lester. Did you find it wandering for a pupation site? I've yet to see one of these super larvae and have thought about rearing some. We had an imago fly into our living room earlier this year, so some of the pines out the back must be lhps. Yes it was wandering towards the pines, which seems odd as that is the larval food plant and egg laying location. The larvae feed on Scots pine, Swiss pine, Siberian pine and Norway spruce. The females lay their eggs in groups of 2 or 3 along pine or spruce needles. I guess they hibernate as Pupae in the ground. It was a very marshy area so it may have lowered itself to the ground and started heading to dryer ground. Gear List
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