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cho-cho-san
17-Feb-2009, 05:26 PM
Not listed in checklist.
Please help to ID, thanks.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3513/3290491996_00d2259a29.jpg
Wanderer
17-Feb-2009, 06:41 PM
erm...photo unavailable?
cho-cho-san
18-Feb-2009, 10:38 PM
Sorry for the slight technical hitch during uploading.

Here is some additional info of the cat:
Length: approx 55 mm
Hostplant : Congea tomentosa (Shower orchid or Wooly congea)
atronox
19-Feb-2009, 04:28 PM
I think it's a sphingid moth cat. In the US they're called hornworms.:)
cho-cho-san
19-Feb-2009, 10:01 PM
Thank you Atronox.

No wonder this cat assumed the sphinx-like position when I first encountered it.
atronox
20-Feb-2009, 01:44 AM
Thank you Atronox.

No wonder this cat assumed the sphinx-like position when I first encountered it.Actually i thought that was for the adults since the Egyptians often carve them onto stone?