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Brown sphinx moth - Enyo lugubris
Copyright © 2020 Barbara McRae

Brown sphinx moth - Enyo lugubris
Franklin, NC, USA, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
September 30, 2020
Size: 1.5 inches
This moth was feeding rapidly, hummingbird-like, in a lantana bed, about 4 p.m. on a sunny, early autumn day.
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Contributed by Barbara McRae on 1 October, 2020 - 9:09am
Last updated 2 October, 2020 - 10:45am

Enyo lugubris
Thank you for the ID.

I also appreciate the comment about the color. Perhaps our monitors are calibrated differently? I just got a new computer and the image looks brown on it to me, though admittedly not the chocolate brown that I observed in the moth. I will look into the calibration some more. I never would have realized that had you not commented, so thanks.
… Barbara McRae, 2 October, 2020 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

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It's a good thing that you put the word "brown" in the title, because this image makes it look purple. Maybe that is an artifact of the image processing, but I'm not sure.
… Bob Biagi, 2 October, 2020 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

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