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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Discovered: Huckleberry Sphinx Moth

Location: outside of the computer lab at Richard Stockton College Housing IV area


This moth is known as the huckleberry sphinx moth, quite a rare find in the Pine Barrens. It was not moving, situated on the wall of the computer lab in Building 80 on campus. The rich blend of colors that painted its body, varying shades of orange and red, reminded me of the sedimentary layers of the Red Rocks, the results of copper deposits, in Arizona. The shape of the wings resembled those of a fighter jet airplane. Its abdomen was curved like a crescent moon, indicating it was male.

2 comments:

  1. Fabulous visual of diversity in all its splendor. Thanks for sharing it!

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  2. Nice moth. I've never seen anything like it. Yesterday I was walking down the street in midday heat and I saw about a dozen dragonflies flying around someones front yard. The sunlight on their wings made it easy to follow all of their flight patterns at once. They seemed to know exactly what they were there to do.

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