Musings on a number of subjects, many of them insect-related, from entomologist/botanist Carol Crosswhite, who lives in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Here are some photos of critters I've found in my yard recently. The moth photos show the Lined Morning Sphinx, Celerio lineata. The larvae resemble the familiar tomato hornworm. The hindwing reveals a pink color when wings are open. Often people mistake this diurnal moth for a "baby hummingbird" since it hovers in front of flowers to collect nectar through its long tongue.
The other two photos are of molluscs. One is of a terrestrial snail, and the other is of a slug.
I loved bugs and plants when I was a child, and this carried over into adult life. I earned a PhD from the University of Wisconsin in Entomology with a minor in Botany and have worked in my fields my entire life. How many people have the joy of working with the things they love? For the past 36 years I've lived in Arizona's Sonoran Desert so much of my blog content will relate to these experiences. However, expect to find stuff about almost anything.
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