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Tersa Sphinx - Hodges#7890 (Xylophanes tersa)
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Copyright © 2013
Jennifer Lavender
possible big eye -
Xylophanes tersa
Longview, Rusk County, Texas, USA
July 8, 2013
Size: 2 1/2 inches
found in our driveway today, looks like a "big eyed horny" but thought they were only in the UK.
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Contributed by
Jennifer Lavender
on 8 July, 2013 - 4:26pm
Moved
Moved from
Sphinx Moths
.
This is a tersa sphinx (
Xylophanes tersa
). You are thinking of the elephant hawk moth (
Deilephila elpenor
), a related Old World species (though it has been introduced into Canada) with a rather similar larva.
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Ryan St Laurent
, 8 July, 2013 - 5:24pm
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