A potometer, or transpirometer, is a device used to measure the rate of transpiration, or the rate of loss of water, from the leaves of a plant.d. One type of potometer design commonly used in the biology classroom is the bubble potometer, where the rate of movement of a bubble of air inside a column of water is used to measure the transpiration rate of a plant.
A sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion, most often with a human head and sometimes with wings. The creature was an Egyptian invention and had a male head - human or animal; however, in ancient Greek culture the creature had the head of a woman.
Another sphinx moth that has been noticed lately is the whitelined sphinx moth. It is a large moth with a wingspan between 2 and 3 Â½ inches. The first pair of wings are dark colored with a large white stripe running from the wingtip diagonally to the base of the wing and six smaller white lines crossing it.The second pair of wings is dark with a pinkish band.erry Curtis. Photo 2: Whitelined sphinx moth. Later their larvae may be found in gardens feeding on evening primrose, grape, plants in the Rosaceae (rose family), and other herbs and woody plants. This caterpillar grows to be as large as three inches long with a distinctive horn on the end of its body.