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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 » Smerinthus » Twin-spotted Sphinx - Hodges#7821 (Smerinthus jamaicensis)
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Unidentified Moth-2-20120531 - Smerinthus jamaicensis
Copyright © 2012 Earl Orf

Unidentified Moth-2-20120531 - Smerinthus jamaicensis
Dunning Lake, Itasca County, Minnesota, USA
May 31, 2012
This resembles the one I just submitted but looks like a different kind of moth.
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Contributed by Earl Orf on 7 July, 2012 - 9:52pm
Last updated 8 July, 2012 - 7:10am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

You are so right, Candice. As Dick Wilson says, "It'll probably look different tomorrow." Now, that tomorrow is here, it does. Thanks for saving me from myself and my sometimes tunnel vision.
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 8 July, 2012 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

 
Haha, no problem, it happens
Haha, no problem, it happens to us all!
… CandiceTalbot, 8 July, 2012 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks very much for the ID. I'm really intrigued by these interesting creatures that appear at our house.
… Earl Orf, 8 July, 2012 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

Walnut Sphinx - Hodges #7827
Same as your other moth, just you can see the HW behind the outer margin of FW on that one. You may frass this image, as it is not needed. Thanks
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 8 July, 2012 - 12:13am login or register to post comments

 
This one is actually a Twin-S
This one is actually a Twin-Spotted Sphinx - Smerinthus jamaicensis
… CandiceTalbot, 8 July, 2012 - 12:46am login or register to post comments

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