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Description:

Found a cool looking moth, and decided to take some pics. ! :)

1 Species ID Suggestions

Pawpaw Sphinx
Dolba hyloeus Dolba hyloeus - BugGuide.Net


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1 Comment

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

I was also thinking the Rustic Sphinx, Manduca rustica, yet I could not see the orangish markings on the abdomen characteristic of that species. http://bugguide.net/node/view/175048
If you saw orange when/if you saw it fly away, I'd go with M. rustica.

bluebear
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Tucson, Arizona, USA

Spotted on Sep 3, 2012
Submitted on Sep 3, 2012

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