Insects and Spiders

My First Rustic Sphinx Moth

One of the prettiest sphinx moths I've ever seen. It was on my neighbor's lantana. After research, found lantana is one of the host plants. It looks newly emerged. I saw it very early in the morning. It was large so caught my eye.
Rustic Sphinx Moth (Manduca rustica)

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