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Xylophanes tersa
Large sphinx moth
Semi rural
Spotted on Oct 17, 2012
Submitted on Oct 17, 2012
12 Comments
Thank you Deborah!
Great shot!
Thank you Irungbam & Carol - they are one of my favorites too, & pretty rare around here so it was quite a thrill to see him!
Great photos! Especially love the side view of #4. But the whole series is great. I love their little faces. I hope I will get more sphinx moths in the future. Some of my favorites.
Beautiful specimen... Actually among all the families of moth I like Sphingidae most... Thanks for sharing this specimen to us.
Thank you for your kind comments Atul, Satyen & Argy!
Thank you too J! I'm not sure of the range for these but they don't appear to be common around here either.
Amazing shots, Karen! I've always wanted to see this one! I'm afraid I'm a bit north!
Super find and shots Karen. #2 on the finger is classic.
Great spotting! Loads of attitude in the first pic :-)
He's only my second ever sphinx Lisa - you can't have him! :-)
Lovely looking moth :)
Awesome! Congratulations! I want one now!