. Nature study and life. Nature study. 2o8 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE mistaken for humming birds, that visit the flower beds at dusk. The l^andorus sphinx, P/iilanipelns fandorus, is one of the largest and most beautiful of the group and from tip to tip of expanded wings often measures more than four inches. It is single brooded. The moths appear in July and lay their eggs underneath the leaves of the grape and Virginia creeper. One of the most common of our garden species is the green grapevine sphinx, Darapsa niyroii. It is two brooded, the moths of the first brood appearing during the latter hal
. Nature study and life. Nature study. 2o8 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE mistaken for humming birds, that visit the flower beds at dusk. The l^andorus sphinx, P/iilanipelns fandorus, is one of the largest and most beautiful of the group and from tip to tip of expanded wings often measures more than four inches. It is single brooded. The moths appear in July and lay their eggs underneath the leaves of the grape and Virginia creeper. One of the most common of our garden species is the green grapevine sphinx, Darapsa niyroii. It is two brooded, the moths of the first brood appearing during the latter half of May, those of the second during the latter part of July. The egg is laid ow the under surface of grape leaves and hatches into a yellowish-green larva. Fig. SS. Green Grapevine Sphinx, from which Parasites have with a long black horn near the posterior end. After successive moults, with attendant changes in color mark- ings, it appears as in Fig. 88. It is then about two inches long, green, with yellow dots, white lateral stripes from the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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