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Smerinthus jamaicensis
A medium-sized (5.0-7.0 cm wingspan) sphinx moth. Male forewing is gray with black and white markings; female forewing yellowish-brown with dark brown and white markings. Hindwings are pink with a wide white border and a large black spot that contains two parallel blue spots or bars.
Open woodland, woodland edges and clearings, shrub stands
The brown colour of the forewings would make this is a female moth. It's always to nice to see the Sphinx moths return.
6 Comments
so beautiful!
So cool! Love it!
Thanks all! It's always great to see Sphinx moths.
Gorgeous! Great shots!
Beautiful!
Woah! Great spot!