Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

National Moth Week was July 23-31, 2022! See moth submissions.

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29

Photos of insects and people from the 2015 gathering in Wisconsin, July 10-12


Previous events


TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Photo#272313
Nessus Sphinx egg - Amphion floridensis

Nessus Sphinx egg - Amphion floridensis
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
April 26, 2009
Size: 1.3 mm
Egg of Nessus Sphinx. I saw an adult ovipositing on the small twin emergent leaves (cotyledons?) of Virginia Creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia--at least that is what I think the plant to be--there were typical five-fingered leaves nearby. The eggs were laid on the underside of the leaves. They are pale green spheres, just over 1 mm in diameter, and virtually featureless.

Images of this individual: tag all
Nessus Sphinx egg - Amphion floridensis Nessus Sphinx--1st instar larva - Amphion floridensis Nessus Sphinx--one week old - Amphion floridensis Nessus Sphinx--two weeks plus - Amphion floridensis Nessus Sphinx--three weeks - Amphion floridensis Nessus Sphinx-five weeks - Amphion floridensis Nessus Sphinx--pupa - Amphion floridensis