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Clark's Day Sphinx - Hodges#7876 (Proserpinus clarkiae)
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Copyright © 2011 Shane Fitzgibbons
Proserpinus clarkiae - Clark's Day Sphinx -
Proserpinus clarkiae
Big Meadow, Alpine County, California, USA
June 25, 2011
Size: 25mm
Found in the Stanislaus National Forest
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Contributed by
mammynun
on 27 June, 2011 - 11:55am
Last updated 27 June, 2011 - 2:13pm
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Maury J. Heiman
, 27 June, 2011 - 2:13pm
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hahaha
you beat me cause i was fighting with spelling.
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Edna Woodward
, 27 June, 2011 - 12:20pm
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appears to be
Proserpinus clarkiae
Clark's Sphinx
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Edna Woodward
, 27 June, 2011 - 12:19pm
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photo in guide :)
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Maury J. Heiman
, 27 June, 2011 - 12:21pm
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leame lone! hahaha
:-( i cant spell
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Edna Woodward
, 27 June, 2011 - 12:24pm
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probably Proserpinus clarkiae - Hodges #7876
Proserpinus clarkiae
- Clark's Day Sphinx - Hodges #7876
difficult to be sure from these photos. Is the 25 mm the wingspan? Small size makes it likely
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Maury J. Heiman
, 27 June, 2011 - 12:17pm
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Wingspan
I would wager the wingspan was closer to 35mm.
The 25mm was in reference to the length, head to tail. It was difficult to gauge with much accuracy the actual size as the moth did not stay at any one flower for more than a 1/2 second. It moved very fast.
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mammynun
, 27 June, 2011 - 2:04pm
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