[ncsc-moths] Re: 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 13:09:06 -0400
Hi Merrill,
Thanks
Sorry I did not list the species name. It is listed in the comments of the
Nature link(second one)
----- Original Message -----
From: J. Merrill Lynch
To: ncsc-moths@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 1:02 PM
Subject: [ncsc-moths] Re: A sphinx moth found that feeds off orchid which
Darwin predicted 150 years ago
Wow, that is a really cool video. Thanks very much for sharing this. They
didn't mention what species of moth it was, but it appears in the video to be a
sphinx.
Merrill
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Jules Fraytet <jlfray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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J. Merrill Lynch
Echo Valley Farm
Watauga County, NC
Elevation: 3,400 feet
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