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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) » Macroglossinae » Macroglossini » Proserpinus » Clark's Day Sphinx - Hodges#7876 (Proserpinus clarkiae)
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Daytime pollinator on arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) - Proserpinus clarkiae
Copyright © 2013 M Kuhlman

Daytime pollinator on arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) - Proserpinus clarkiae
near Florence, MT, Missoula County, Montana, USA
May 13, 2013
Size: About an inch long?
The body (thorax) of this insect appeared emerald green in the light, but that was not captured in this photo. Taken about 2pm MST. The flower is an arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata). Photo taken in the northern Bitterroot Valley of western Montana, south of Missoula, MT.
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Contributed by M Kuhlman on 17 May, 2013 - 11:54pm
Last updated 26 August, 2013 - 6:52pm

Moved
Moved from Sphinx Moths.
… Ryan St Laurent, 26 August, 2013 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 6 July, 2013 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 30 May, 2013 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

Maybe Proserpinus clarkiae
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… Skip Blanchard, 18 May, 2013 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

Image
Do you have a bigger image that you can crop to "just the bug"? If so, please click "edit" and replace this image with a larger version cropped down to "just the bug".
… John R. Maxwell, 18 May, 2013 - 12:40am login or register to post comments

 
Here is an image that is "jus
Here is an image that is "just the bug!" :)
… M Kuhlman, 18 May, 2013 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

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