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Camo moth - Eumorpha pandorus
Copyright © 2009 Gary Scollins

Camo moth - Eumorpha pandorus
Timonium , Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
July 27, 2009
Size: 3 inches
This was on my patio door at night. Like many moths that get attracted to my living room light. I have never seen a pattern like this before on the moths in my area they are usually brown. I am in a pretty populated neighborhood but I have about three trees in front of my apartment window.
Contributed by Gary Scollins on 27 July, 2009 - 10:11pm
Last updated 27 July, 2009 - 11:32pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 27 July, 2009 - 11:32pm

 
Found a Camo moth on base today
It was beautiful. I had never seen one before. It was laying on the concrete so I picked it up with a plastic card and moved him to the shade in the grass. really cool insect.
… Robin Cannon, 12 August, 2013 - 5:33pm

Please see...
Pandorus Sphinx (Eumorpha pandorus)



I will crop your image. It helps only you and editors can click on the image to see the full size image. All other viewers see the reduced sized (560 maximum pixels) image.

Sorry about all the extra emails :)

Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ron M., 27 July, 2009 - 10:55pm

Check out the pandorus sphinx.
Definitely Eumorpha. I'm thinking E. pandorus.

[url]http://bugguide.net/node/view/3937/bgimage[url]
… Natalie Hernandez, 27 July, 2009 - 10:53pm

 
Sorry my post got scrambled :)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3937/bgimage

There's the link again. I am not sure why everything is showing up in italics.
… Natalie Hernandez, 27 July, 2009 - 10:56pm

 
yes, Eumorpha pandorus
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… Maury J. Heiman, 27 July, 2009 - 10:54pm

 
try ...
[url]http://bugguide.net/node/view/3937/bgimage[/url]

Note the / before the ending [url]
… Ron M., 27 July, 2009 - 10:56pm

 
Yeah I did that
but the replies are all italics too, so I'm thinking I left off the / on the italics in my first post and now its just putting all the replies in italics too.
… Natalie Hernandez, 27 July, 2009 - 10:58pm

 
Wow...
...
… Ron M., 27 July, 2009 - 11:00pm

 
Yeah its weird.
It won't let me edit my first post either. Never had this happen before :-P
… Natalie Hernandez, 27 July, 2009 - 11:01pm

 
Once a comment has been replied to...
you can no longer edit it.
… Ron M., 27 July, 2009 - 11:07pm

 
Ah
Good to know.
… Natalie Hernandez, 27 July, 2009 - 11:08pm

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