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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 » One-eyed Sphinx - Hodges#7822 (Smerinthus cerisyi)
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Sphinx moth? - Smerinthus cerisyi
Copyright © 2008 Amie Roman

Sphinx moth? - Smerinthus cerisyi
near Horsefly, Cariboo, British Columbia, Canada
June 15, 2006
Resting on the side of a house on an overcast day, about mid-day.
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Contributed by Amie Roman on 26 February, 2008 - 12:23am
Last updated 27 February, 2008 - 8:29pm

Yes.
Nice image of Smerinthus cerisyi. Hind wings are pinkish with blue eyespots.
… Eric R. Eaton, 26 February, 2008 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
If only I could have got the hind wings in a shot! That would be spectacular. But this one was just resting, and I guess I didn't offer sufficient threat for it to feel like it had to display.
… Amie Roman, 26 February, 2008 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

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