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25-JUN-2009

Sphecodina abbottii - Abbott's Sphinx

Medfield MA

Dark phase, "horn" detail. Collected Mid June as second instar caterpillar from grape in Medfield MA along Causeway Rd. One of the most stunning sphinx caterpillars. Notice the snake scale pattern surrounding the eye.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
1/200s f/16.0 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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unrenormalized		14-Jul-2009 13:17
This is an amazing photograph -- can you imagine the evolutionary process that generated such a realistic mammalian eye on a caterpillar only millimeters across? Sam -- *****

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