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White Lined Sphinx Moth? - Hemaris
Copyright © 2006 Kat Lomas

White Lined Sphinx Moth? - Hemaris
Elgin, Ontario, Canada
August 29, 2006
I think this is a White Lined Sphinx Moth getting ready to pupate. A couple of days later I found it hanging by a thread from an evening primrose leaf.
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Contributed by Kat Lomas on 6 September, 2006 - 3:31am
Last updated 8 October, 2009 - 12:18pm

Moved
Moved from White-lined Sphinx.
… Abigail M. Parker, 8 October, 2009 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

How did you come to this ID?
I've not seen any white-lined sphinx caterpillars with so few markings. This looks more like Hemaris thysbe to me - Wagner's picture has the same subdorsal stripe and orange spiracles. Also, he says that some individuals are pink. Compare:

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 6 September, 2006 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

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