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Amphion floridensis
Chocolate brown sphinx moth, FW ahs darker bands in median area and beyond PM line. Rusty HW has a yellow spot at costa. Two thin yellow bands on abdomen are eye-catching. Host: Grape, Ampelopsis, and cayenne pepper
Woodland
Diurnal. I see this moth every spring in my garden but it is very difficult to get close to so I don't have many images of it. Even this series has blurry wings because it started quivering to warm them up so he could fly away. I believe he had probably just recently eclosed.
Spotted on May 22, 2008
Submitted on Dec 30, 2012
3 Comments
Oh you're welcome Acremoth99, my pleasure. And thank you for the nice compliment. I'm envious of some of your cool moths and butterflies down there !
Thanks Yuko
Gorgeous moth!