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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) » Sphinginae » Sphingini » Manduca » Carolina Sphinx - Hodges#7775 (Manduca sexta)
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moth - Manduca sexta
Copyright © 2009 Cindy Shroba

moth - Manduca sexta
NW Las Vegas, 3000 elevation, Clark County, Nevada, USA
September 2, 2009
Size: approx. 2.5 inches long

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moth - Manduca sexta moth - Manduca sexta moth - Manduca sexta
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Contributed by Cindy Shroba on 2 September, 2009 - 3:02pm
Last updated 24 September, 2009 - 12:35pm

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… David J. Ferguson, 24 September, 2009 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… john and jane balaban, 24 September, 2009 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… v belov, 20 September, 2009 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

Would be easier if we could see the top of the hind wing
but I'd tend to agree with M. sexta
… David J. Ferguson, 2 September, 2009 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

Manduca sp. (Manduca sexta)
Likely the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta - a widespread and common species found across most of the US.

However, there are more representatives of this Genus out west than here in the east. A number of other species are regularly encountered in the sw and several more that may stray into the US from Mexico.

bill
… Bill Reynolds, 2 September, 2009 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

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