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Modest Sphinx - Hodges#7828 (Pachysphinx modesta)
Photo#368851
Copyright © 2010
McIvor
Pachysphinx modesta -
Pachysphinx modesta
Edgewater, East Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada
June 9, 2001
seen mid-morning hanging on dead twig.
Contributed by
McIvor
on 1 February, 2010 - 6:13pm
Last updated 3 July, 2010 - 9:53pm
Moved
Moved from
Sphinx Moths
.
…
Maury J. Heiman
, 3 July, 2010 - 9:53pm
Moved
Moved from
Moths
.
…
john and jane balaban
, 30 March, 2010 - 8:22pm
Looks Like It
While they are generally lighter and greenish, apparently there are dark forms of the
Modest Sphinx
. You have yourself a first for BC
…
Robert Lord Zimlich
, 10 February, 2010 - 8:11am