Vine Hawk Moth at Wellington Point, QLD
Identification history
| Hippotion celerio | 4 Dec 2023 | ibaird | ||
| Hippotion celerio | 4 Dec 2023 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 4 Dec 2023 | TimL |
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User's notes
This is additional detail for previous sighting 4532893 to provide close-up detail of the out-of-focus pattern on the caterpillar’s body. The first three images are taken at up to 3X magnification and show that whilst the spiracles and body folds are in focus, the body pattern adjacent to them and within the surface, is such as to appear out of focus. This is particularly clear in the first image. Presumably the body pattern has evolved this way over time to provide some evolutionary benefit for this type of caterpillar.
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Location information
- Places Wellington Point, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Oct 2023 10:58 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Hippotion celerio Scientific name
- Vine Hawk Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1658.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Elpenor phoenix
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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