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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 » Smerinthus » Smerinthus ophthalmica - Hodges#7822.1 (Smerinthus ophthalmica)
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Lewis and Clark River Lep. - Smerinthus ophthalmica
Copyright © 2013 Ranger Jenny

Lewis and Clark River Lep. - Smerinthus ophthalmica
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA
August 29, 2013
Size: around 3 inches
This specimen was found along the river bank of the Lewis and Clark River.
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Contributed by Ranger Jenny on 12 September, 2013 - 12:29pm
Last updated 24 September, 2021 - 4:41pm

Moved
Moved from One-eyed Sphinx.
… Steve Nanz, 24 September, 2021 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

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… Ryan St Laurent, 12 September, 2013 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

Smerinthus Genus?
The blue horn usually points me towards a Great Ash Sphinx Moth caterpillar. However, in this case, it doesn't look quite right... Is it a smooth horn, or is it a bumpy horn? Furthermore, if this were a Great Ash Sphinx Moth caterpillar which has faded stripes because it's getting close to pupating, it would seem to me that the bright yellow stripe at the rear would be a faded, also...

So...Maybe something in the Genus Smerinthus?:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/3706/bgimage

At any rate, it's in the Family Sphingidae -- Sphinx Moths.

That's all I got.

Cheers
… Bill Myers, 12 September, 2013 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

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