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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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Paonias excaecatus - Paonias excaecata
Copyright © 2007 Andrée Reno Sanborn

Paonias excaecatus - Paonias excaecata
Barton, Orleans County, Vermont, USA
June 24, 2007
Size: 2 inches?

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Contributed by Andrée Reno Sanborn on 25 June, 2007 - 11:01am
Last updated 25 June, 2007 - 3:00pm

Blinded Sphinx
Paonias excaecatus, # 7824.
… Jason D. Roberts, 25 June, 2007 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

 
sphinx moth
that was so quick I had not even finished uploading!

I couldn't figure out which of the "eye" moths it was, so I appreciate this.
… Andrée Reno Sanborn, 25 June, 2007 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

 
No problem
Just good timing. I just happened to sit down to do some ID's during lunch and noticed yours right away.

Great photos.
… Jason D. Roberts, 25 June, 2007 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

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