Western Poplar Sphinx - Pachysphinx occidentalis

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Copyright © 2019 C. Fred Zeillemaker

Western Poplar Sphinx - Pachysphinx occidentalis

7 mi N of Ola, Gem County, Idaho, USA
June 28, 2019

June image for Idaho. Found by Marilyn Watson in a canning jar stored in an open shed (likely attracted by pheromones from dead moths previously trapped in the jar).

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Contributed by C. Fred Zeillemaker on 2 September, 2019 - 2:26pm
Last updated 2 September, 2019 - 8:05pm

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