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GrannySwan Coushatta, LA Jul 31, 2015

These guys come out at dusk to enjoy my Four O' Clocks.

They aren't the correct color for local Hummingbird Moths...any ideas?

I'm in North Central Louisiana, Red River Parish.

Thanks for any insight, glad I found this Forum!

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Jul 31, 2015

I believe it is a Five-Spotted Hawkmoth.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 31, 2015

Looks like Manduca sexta to me - http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/manduca-sexta

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Jul 31, 2015

My bad. Thought the line of yellow spots on the side of the abdomen was a distinguishing characteristic of Manduca quinquemaculatus, now I see that M. sexta has them too. Thanks for the correction.

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GrannySwan Coushatta, LA Jul 31, 2015

Thank you both, very much!

I'll mark the thread as Solved.

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