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Dirus Tucson, AZ(Zone 9b) Aug 10, 2007

Hi. This little guy was just sitting on the ground, almost equally between some agave, a watermelon vine, and some tomato plants. As far as I can recall, it's the first of his kind I've ever seen.

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Dirus Tucson, AZ(Zone 9b) Aug 10, 2007

Here it is from the front.

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Aug 10, 2007

how about this http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/Live/Species/7000/7866.shtml

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Aug 10, 2007

think thid one looks more like it a Virginia Creeper [Hog] Sphinx Moth -- Darapsa myron http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/Live/Species/7000/7885.shtml

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 10, 2007

Dirus,

I think that this one is the Terloo Sphinx (Proserpinus terlooii): http://bugguide.net/node/view/135301/bgpage
http://silkmoths.bizland.com/pterlooi.htm
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3462

There was no entry for this moth in BugFiles, so I have created one here: http://davesgarden.com/bf/go/4855/

It would be great if you could add your image of this moth to that page,

Kennedy

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DonnaB Vancleave, MS(Zone 8b) Aug 10, 2007

yep that does look more like it

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Dirus Tucson, AZ(Zone 9b) Aug 10, 2007

Thanks for the ID KennedyH! That's got to be it. I've added my pictures to the bug file you created.

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