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  Sighting 1071623

Rustic sphinx
Manduca rustica

Observation date: November 02, 2015
Submitted by: D. Dodd
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: November 29, 2015
Coordinator notes: This looks like a darker form of Manduca rustica on "Yellow Bells", Tecoma stans, sometimes called "Esperanza" in TX. In the SW, the caterpillars can be very dark, as this sighting on bugguide.net shows. SAT http://bugguide.net/node/view/226998
Checklist region(s): United States, Starr County, Texas