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Location Arizona
Acknowledgements

Thanks to Carl Olson

Thanks to David Bygott for the following images:Manduca rustica larva, Chilopsis linearis , Manduca pupa, Macroglossum_stellatarum , Macroglossum_stellatarumpupa

ToL podcasts are developed as part of the project "New Strategies for Life Sciences Outreach in Arizona: Developing a Digital Library of Audio and Video Features in the Context of the Tree of Life Web Project" funded by the “Anyplace Access for Arizonans” Initiative under the University of Arizona Technology and Research Initiative Fund.
Copyright © 2006 Lisa Schwartz
Movie Use ToL use only
Creation Date post-monsoon, Sept-October
Attached to Group Sphingidae: view page movie collection
Title Bugs of the Month, Episode #1 Manduca rustica
Description Carl Olson, Associate Curator at the Department of Entomology of the University of Arizona, talks about the rustic sphinx moth, an important desert pollinator with a very large caterpillar, pupa and adult moth.
Movie Type Documentary
Movie Content Specimen(s), Body Parts, Habitat
Running Time ~3minutes
ID 14790
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