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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 » Dilophonotini » Aellopos
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Hummingbird Moth in Hamilton Ontario - Aellopos
Copyright © 2017 CandyMoth

Hummingbird Moth in Hamilton Ontario - Aellopos
Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
June 25, 2017
Size: 5cm?
- just trying to identify the species. Could it be Aellopos ? Clear - single, white band. Someone else has suggested it is Amphion floridensis but that doesn't look like it at all. This is the clearest pic I have - I also have video but no other good 'stills' I only had my phpone with me. 7:45PM, Feeding on a large clump of Milkweed - near the Hamilton harbour, lake Ontario. Hummingbird flight pattern
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Contributed by CandyMoth on 28 June, 2017 - 1:09pm
Last updated 19 October, 2017 - 3:55pm

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… Teá Montagna, 19 October, 2017 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

This is certainly Aellopos
However, it's impossible from this photo to get it to species. It's likely (98%) A. titan; but it may also be A. fadus
… Teá Montagna, 19 October, 2017 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Aellopos
thank you so much for this info! Really appreciate it and sorry I don't have a better photo. Very interested to learn this
… CandyMoth, 23 October, 2017 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

Aellopos, possibly titan?
Anyone have any experience with Hummingbird moths? would be thrlled to get an ID
… CandyMoth, 29 June, 2017 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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