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Sphinx Moth - Paonias excaecata
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Sphinx Moth - Paonias excaecata
Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
June 25, 2014
Think it might be a Blinded Sphinx - Paonias excaecata. What do the rest of you think?

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Sphinx Moth - Paonias excaecata Sphinx Moth - Paonias excaecata
Contributed by brian flaig on 6 July, 2014 - 1:44pm
Last updated 7 July, 2014 - 2:18pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ryan St Laurent, 7 July, 2014 - 2:18pm

That's the one…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 6 July, 2014 - 2:17pm

 
Thanks
Amazing! I got one right.
… brian flaig, 7 July, 2014 - 2:21pm

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