[ncsc-moths] A sphinx moth found that feeds off orchid which Darwin predicted 150 years ago

  • From: "Jules Fraytet" <jlfray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:51:25 -0400

Close to 150 years ago Charles Darwin predicted a moth must exist which could feed from the extra long tube that hold the nectar in this Comet orchid species and a biologist visiting Madagascar filmed it. The second video (a teaser!) from the PBS series Nature does not show the moth, but the first link from YouTube does. Extraordinary long proboscis. 


It shows up about 3 minutes into the video.
The comments section on the Nature link goes into the details of the both species names 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMVN1EWxfAU

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/deep-jungle-new-frontiers/video-darwins-moth/1374/

Jules Fraytet
Charlotte, NC

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