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Pandorus Sphinx

Eumorpha pandorus

Description:

Hairless pink and large. Head portion more narrow than the desk if the body. 1 false eye on the rear end. Head could be tucked into the body. White spots along sides and purple smaller spots all over but collected at head end

Habitat:

Crawling on chicken of the woods under a living tree

1 Species ID Suggestions

Pandorus Sphinx
Eumorpha pandorus Eumorpha pandorus


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5 Comments

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Beautiful. Dan, do they come in different colors? Cheryl Lee's moth was in deep red.

DaniKautz
DaniKautz 10 years ago

Whoa! Thanks for the id, I had no idea a moth like that existed around here!

Awesome spotting!

sklohi
sklohi 10 years ago

Is that real

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Amazing spotting Dani!

DaniKautz
Spotted by
DaniKautz

Maryland, USA

Spotted on Oct 17, 2013
Submitted on Oct 17, 2013

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