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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) » Macroglossinae » Macroglossini » Darapsa » Virginia Creeper Sphinx - Hodges#7885 (Darapsa myron)
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Virginia Creeper Sphinx - Darapsa myron
Copyright © 2006 Jim Farrell

Virginia Creeper Sphinx - Darapsa myron
Lakewood, Oconto County, Wisconsin, USA
July 16, 2006
This one was an olive green color...unlike some of the others it didn't have an eye spot...it just had some reddish and black markings

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Virginia Creeper Sphinx - Darapsa myron Virginia Creeper Sphinx - Darapsa myron
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Contributed by Jim Farrell on 17 July, 2006 - 12:50am
Last updated 21 June, 2007 - 11:32am

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 21 June, 2007 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

Some okay shots
why doesn't someone move them?
… Bobby Grizzard, 10 May, 2007 - 1:17am login or register to post comments

Looks like a Virginia Creeper
Looks like a Virginia Creeper Sphinx (Darapsa myron)
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 17 July, 2006 - 1:41am login or register to post comments

 
Does it have another name
I was wondering if this sphinx is also called the hognose sphinx??
… Jim Farrell, 17 July, 2006 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

 
yes, it does-the Hog Sphinx (
yes, it does-the Hog Sphinx (not hognose).

I find them on my porch alot ^_^
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 17 July, 2006 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

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