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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) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Sphinx » Northern Apple Sphinx - Hodges#7810.1 (Sphinx poecila)

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Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Which Apple Sphinx? - Sphinx poecila

Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 10, 2007
Size: 2 & 1/2 inch WS

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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 11 July, 2007 - 2:21pm
Last updated 19 January, 2019 - 7:55pm

Moved based on Chris Schmidt's comment

Moved from Apple Sphinx.

… Kyhl Austin, 19 January, 2019 - 7:55pm

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I would call this S. poecila,

I would call this S. poecila, which is known from nearby Mt. Pocono (confirmed by DNA barcode)

… Chris Schmidt, 16 October, 2017 - 7:58am

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Sphinx gordius (7810)

This is a female moth. Hope it relived and got to lay eggs.

… richard m. gillmore, 10 December, 2008 - 10:35pm

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She got to fly off soon after

She got to fly off soon after the photo ^__^

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 11 December, 2008 - 11:29am

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Trap

Hi Jo,
Don't have an answer for you but was wondering if your using a trap? Lot of moths in one spot in the photo.

Gary

… Gary Kessler, 11 July, 2007 - 4:21pm

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Hi, No, I'm not using a trap

Hi,
No, I'm not using a trap-the ones in with the sphinx and ones that wouldn't sit still so I caught them and stuck them in the frig.

I'm using a bug zapper that is covered with a thin net curtain to keep out of it but to collect them instead, and 2 other lights-1 incandescent and 1 plant light-and I stand out there and photograph (or capture if ness) Moths I think I don't have photos of yet or new photos of-(not just moths anything that shows up ^__^

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 11 July, 2007 - 4:28pm

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gordius

gordius

… Dennis Profant, 11 July, 2007 - 4:08pm

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Thank-you! ^__^

Thank-you! ^__^

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 11 July, 2007 - 4:30pm

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