Students and teachers collect samples of the Moth Manduca Sexta in Southern Arizona USA.
Students and teachers collect samples of the Moth Manduca Sexta in Southern Arizona USA. Their campsite for this research is aglow with spotlights. In the background a brilliant purple and pink sunset is bringing the sky to life. A hillside is silhouetted against the amazing sunset. Meanwhile students and teachers are busy collecting their data. Manduca sexta, referred to as the tobacco hornworm (caterpillar) or as the hawkmoth or sphinx moth (adult), is a common insect in a wide variety of habitats, such as tobacco fields and vegetable gardens. They are called hornworms because, as many caterpillars in the Sphingidae family, they have a conspicuous horn or spine on the top of the last abdominal segment. Adults are large moths with long forewings. Their abdomen is marked with orange-yellow spots. They are strong fliers with a rapid wing beat and are sometimes mistaken for humming birds. Adults are generalist nectar feeders. For similar images also search Jeff Smith and Fotosmith.
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