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smaur Vidor, TX Oct 23, 2009

He would have definitely been better camoflaged in the woods.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Oct 23, 2009

It's a Tersa sphinx moth, Xylophanes tersa:

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/1429/

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smaur Vidor, TX Oct 23, 2009

Thanks... this moth is so distinct and different from most I have seen

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Oct 23, 2009

Yes, to me they look like someone whittled it out of wood, like a model airplane.

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Leysha Richmond, VA(Zone 7a) Oct 26, 2009

Such a beautiful moth. I almost thought it was a Secropian (sp) moth. But I am not the bug master.

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