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02-16-2015, 08:13 PM
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Yep
Soon in the spring there will be many butterflys that passing through here on some roads, few get on cars windows but it's very special view.
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02-16-2015, 08:28 PM
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02-16-2015, 08:33 PM
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I don't have a field guide to the lepidoptera of your region but tomorrow I will try to narrow it down to family.
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02-16-2015, 10:34 PM
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Thank you
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02-17-2015, 01:41 PM
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The first one may be in the Cossidae family or Erebidae.
The best guess I can give on the second is a type of sphinx moth.
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02-17-2015, 02:13 PM
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I see thanks I will be looking for more moths.
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02-17-2015, 02:39 PM
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Second one is definitely Sphingidae, check out Hyles livornica as a possibility. What part of Israel are you in, Roey? I spent a fun few months in Haifa about 15 years ago...
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02-17-2015, 05:41 PM
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The pictures were taken in the northeast Galil and in Jerusalem
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