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More hawkmoths…

Category: Moths, Orchid, Pollination | Date: Nov 10 2008 | By: dududiaries

Hello - sorry for not posting more often (again!). In response to the question about the moth’s tongues - they can be very long up to 12″ or even more! There are mainly two groups of hawkmoths - those with medium-length tongues and those with super-long tongues…  Here you can see examples of both a short-tongued and long-tongued moth. More soon…  basiothia-lantanlr1.jpg  agrius-on-turraea-lr1.jpg 

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