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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 » Amorpha » Walnut Sphinx - Hodges#7827 (Amorpha juglandis)
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What moth? - Amorpha juglandis - female
Copyright © 2012 Stephen Tapsak

What moth? - Amorpha juglandis - Female
Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 21, 2012
Size: about 2 1/2 in. wingspan
Maybe a sphinx?

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Contributed by Stephen Tapsak on 21 June, 2012 - 7:26am
Last updated 12 August, 2012 - 2:12pm

Nice series
Quick question: I found a caterpillar on the street. I don't know if it's still hungry or whether it's ready to pupate. I want to rear it until hit hatches. Should I just give it a container with some leaf mulch at the bottom and some leaves above that?

Any idea how they hiss? I get the impression the sound comes from the anus, thus making the hissing sounds farts, but I can't really tell.
… Victor Engel, 11 October, 2018 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

Great series!
This photo is being used on the info page for this species.
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 11 July, 2012 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

 
It isn't over yet!
They still have a few instars to go, then they have to pupate, then they have to eclose.
… Stephen Tapsak, 13 July, 2012 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

Dates
Please, fix the dates of all the other submissions. The system keeps using the same date for all other images of "same individual" and you have to correct them manually in the case of a life cycle such as this.
Nice job!
… Beatriz Moisset, 10 July, 2012 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Yes, appears to be a female.
… Ryan St Laurent, 21 June, 2012 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

 
Good.
I am going to try to get it to lay eggs.
… Stephen Tapsak, 21 June, 2012 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

 
Female
It is a female! It laid a few eggs, and I am expecting more later! I will probably post a few pictures of them later. I hope they are fertile!
… Stephen Tapsak, 21 June, 2012 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

 
They hatched!
A few hatched! If I can ever find the camera, I'll take some pictures. This site doesn't have any pics of the first instar, so those will probably help.
… Stephen Tapsak, 29 June, 2012 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

Walnut sphinx
Yes, this is the walnut sphinx, Amorpha juglandis.
… Terry Harrison, 21 June, 2012 - 7:44am login or register to post comments

 
Female?
Is it a female because its body is rounder?
… Stephen Tapsak, 21 June, 2012 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

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