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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Sphinx Moths (Sphingidae) » Smerinthinae » Smerinthini » Paonias » Blinded Sphinx - Hodges#7824 (Paonias excaecata)
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Sphinx cat on birch - Paonias excaecata
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Sphinx cat on birch - Paonias excaecata
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 2, 2010

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Contributed by tom murray on 2 August, 2010 - 10:12pm
Last updated 2 September, 2010 - 8:38pm

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… tom murray, 2 September, 2010 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

Not certain but...
... there is a virtually identical photo of a Blinded sphinx caterpillar, Paonias excaecatus, on page 262 of David Wagner's Caterpillars of Eastern North America. He writes that "this sphinx is highly variable and somewhat difficult to recognize, especially in the earlier instars."
… Carmen Champagne, 2 August, 2010 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

 
I brought it home
I'll try rearing it, and taking pictures as it matures. If I don't kill it, we should be able to figure it out in a week or two.
… tom murray, 2 August, 2010 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

 
I'd say
Paonias excaecatus too, but lets wait like you said to be sure.
… Ryan St Laurent, 3 August, 2010 - 5:49am login or register to post comments

 
Which one now?
Since I added pictures of it I think are 5th instar, do you think it's the Blinded or the Small-eyed?
… tom murray, 28 August, 2010 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

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