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apricklypear Helena, AL(Zone 8a) May 06, 2009

Found this guy in the back yard near tiny maple. Does anyone know what kind of moth this is?

Thanks.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV May 06, 2009

This is a sphinx moth (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), likely a species known as the blinded sphinx, Paonias excaecata - see http://tinyurl.com/d32utz

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apricklypear Helena, AL(Zone 8a) May 06, 2009

Thanks so much!!

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