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fig sphinx

pachylia ficus

Habitat:

underside of leaf picked up with a stick when it decided to fly seemed much like a hummingbird about three inches across

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Fig Sphinx
Pachylia ficus moth - Pachylia ficus - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

jamiewgoodspeed
jamiewgoodspeed 10 years ago

thanks

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Sphingidae, Macroglossinae, Dilophonotini, Pachylia ficus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachylia_fi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/8182/bgima...

jamiewgoodspeed
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jamiewgoodspeed

Boynton Beach, Florida, USA

Spotted on Oct 11, 2013
Submitted on Oct 12, 2013

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