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Banded Sphinx - Eumorpha fasciatus
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Banded Sphinx - Eumorpha fasciatus
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 9, 2004
Found on the side of my house in the afternoon. Perhaps attracted to a light the previous night. It did not tolerate my gentle prodding to reveal its hindwing--it flew off like a shot.
Contributed by Cotinis on 13 July, 2004 - 4:38pm
Last updated 31 December, 2005 - 8:13am

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