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The photos in this set were taken in South Eastern Arizona between the 19th and the 25th of August, 2008.
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Saguaro National Park, Western District.
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Pena Blanca Lake, just North of Nogales.
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Attascosa Mountains, near Pena Blanca Lake.
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Box Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains.
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Chiricahua Mountains. There are Jaguars here!
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Cave Creek Area, Chiricahua Mountains.
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Cave Creek. Chiricahua Mountains.
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Cave Creek area, Chiricahua Mountains.
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Chiricahua Mountains
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It is truly amazing how many species of Butterflies and Moths live in this subtropical desert!
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Sphinx moth larva, Manduca species. Pena Blanca Lake.
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Sphinx moth larvae. Manduca species. Pena Blanca Lake.
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Manduca sexta larvae. Santa Rita Experimental Range.
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Typhon sphinx larvae. Eumorpha typhon. Pena Blanca Lake.
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Vic and Elisha with E. typhon larva.
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Unidentified Sphinx moth larva. Box Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains.
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Melanchra adjuncta moth larva. Santa Rita Experimental Range.
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Very young Syssphinx hubbardi larva. Pena Blanca Lake.
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S, hubbardi larva. Pena Blanca Lake.
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S. hubbardi larva. Pena Blanca Lake.
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S. hubbardi larva. Pena Blanca Lake.
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S. hubbardi larva. Pena Blanca Lake.
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S. hubbardi larva. Pena Blanca Lake.
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Hyalophora colombia gloveri moth larva. Box Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains.
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Very young larva of Citheronia splendens sinaloensis moth larva. Box Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains.
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C. splendens larva. Pena Blanca Lake.
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C. splendens larva. Box Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains. At 5 to 6 inches, these are one of the largest moth larva in the U.S.
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C. splendens larva. Box Canyon. I took this larva home with me and it pupated.
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Very large C. splendens larva.
