Any Botanists In The House? (Non-Avian Sighting)

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Posted by Vince Lucas on 23:30:10 11/08/07

I'm pretty competent when it comes to identifying leps like this Io Moth larva I recently photographed here in Naples. It and its buddy completely denuded about a ten foot section of some ornamental hedge in the median at a mega-development I happened to be passing through the other day. The Io Moth larva can be seen on my Flickr page here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leppyone/

However, I'd really like to know what this ornamental hedge is. You can see a few pix of it here:

http://caloosabirdclub.org/VPL/DSC_2614.jpg

and the remains (only berries) of the plant after having been eaten:

http://caloosabirdclub.org/VPL/DSC_2613.jpg

Could it be some sort of holly i.e. Ilex sp.? Anyone???? Thanks.





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