Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Beetle larvae?

Posted by Ratatoskr on 12-11-2014 17:28
#1

Hi,

Got this friend in Spain asking me what this is. I don't know myself so I'm asking you guys. I'm guessing a beetle larvae, but it's just a guess.

Know what species it is?
photographed in southern Spain today.

Posted by Ectemnius on 12-11-2014 18:20
#2

Hello Ratatoskr,

The habitus matches more that of the Lepidoptera family Sphingidae.

Greetings,

Ectemnius

Posted by Ratatoskr on 12-11-2014 23:07
#3

Thank you.

Could it be this Sphinx moth "Acherontia atropos"?

Posted by Ectemnius on 13-11-2014 17:43
#4

Heh, I didn't bother to look, but yes. It is.

Posted by Ratatoskr on 13-11-2014 21:44
#5

Ectemnius wrote:
Heh, I didn't bother to look, but yes. It is.


Thank you |t