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It fell out of my White Ash, in Belle River, Any Idea? Maybe some kind of sphinx? - Ceratomia amyntor

It fell out of my White Ash, in Belle River, Any Idea? Maybe some kind of sphinx? - Ceratomia amyntor
Belle River, Essex, Ontario, Canada
August 21, 2006
Size: 80mm

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It fell out of my White Ash, in Belle River, Any Idea? Maybe some kind of sphinx? - Ceratomia amyntor It fell out of my White Ash, in Belle River, Any Idea? Maybe some kind of sphinx? - Ceratomia amyntor It fell out of my White Ash, in Belle River, Any Idea? Maybe some kind of sphinx? - Ceratomia amyntor It fell out of my White Ash, in Belle River, Any Idea? Maybe some kind of sphinx? - Ceratomia amyntor

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.

Moved
Moved from Sphinginae.

There are apparently six sphinx moths that host on ash
according to Wagner(1). He doesn't mention any of them having the four horns at the front, though. Is there any chance it came from a nearby basswood, birch or elm tree? It looks kind of like the four-horned sphinx, Ceratomia amyntor, which hosts on those. By the size and color, I'd say it could be about to pupate, so it might have been wandering in search of a good place.

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