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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) » Smerinthinae » Smerinthini » Pachysphinx » Modest Sphinx - Hodges#7828 (Pachysphinx modesta)
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Big Poplar Sphinx - Pachysphinx modesta
Copyright © 2006 Jim Farrell

Big Poplar Sphinx - Pachysphinx modesta
Lakewood, Oconto County, Wisconsin, USA
June 15, 2006
I found it laying in my driveway early in the morning. I put it on a leaf and took some pics. It didn't really try to fly away. Its hind wings were red, white, and black

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Moth's hind wings - Pachysphinx modesta Big Poplar Sphinx - Pachysphinx modesta Big Poplar Sphinx - Pachysphinx modesta
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Contributed by Jim Farrell on 19 June, 2006 - 12:27pm
Last updated 30 June, 2006 - 2:19pm

Big Poplar Sphinx
Looks to me like the Big Poplar Sphinx (aka Modest Sphinx, Pachysphinx modesta). Nice shot!
… Jay Cossey, 19 June, 2006 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

Maybe Azalea Sphinx Moth?
Maybe Azalea Sphinx Moth?

http://images-partners.google.com/images?q=tbn:7zCcfmZcbJZ6hM:mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/Files/Live/DSI/DSI7886.jpg

Oh, I didn't see the underwings.
… Julia Booth, 19 June, 2006 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

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