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Great tobacco sphinx

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Date

[ca. 1818]

Artist

John Abbot (1751-c.1840)

Collective Title

Abbot, John 1751-1840 :Original drawings of insects by J Abbot. [1816?]

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22739991

Description

Shows the great tobacco sphynx moth. According to the artist's notes `Feeds on the Night shade, prickly nightshades, tobacco and Irish potato. The moth flies in the evening and sucks the blossoms of gourds, cotton etc and is not common'.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Georgia, USA

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Butterflies
Flowers

Category

Glossary
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