Ray and the Sphingids - Hyles lineata

All righty then. I have at last succeeded in capturing a sphingid, photogenically. This particular sphingid is an early version, not quite metamorphosed. I'll just take this photograph into Rayetta' office and put it in Rayetta's in basket, right on top. All righty then.

This particular sphingid is big, as sphingids go, but dwarfed by the huge, and I mean huge, Verbascum thapsus it is traversing. This particular Verbascum thapsus was the biggest one I have ever seen, ever.

Later, in Rayetta's office.

Hmmm.