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My son took the photos of the Cecropia Moth in May from inside our kitchen window late in the evening. It was an amazing sight! I had never seen such a huge moth. In July, I noticed what I thought was a dry leaf on my first floor window screen. When I looked more closely, I realized it was a moth. A day or so later, it appeared again on another window. I called my son to look at it, and he said he had seen it and photographed it at dusk the day before. That is why the color is not true. The mullion behind the moth is actually white. The moth was exactly the color of a wrinkled dry leaf. It looked like it had wrapped its wings around it body. It was another amazing sight! I spent a lot of time researching it without any luck; except to decide it was some kind of a sphinx moth. Today, I tried Googling it again and opened your web site. And, now I have the answer after looking at your great selection of sphinx type moths. If I’m right; it’s a "Blinded Sphinx Moth." We live in the rural area of Hillsborough, NH. I hope your site is still active. It’s excellent! Thank you.
Mary
Hi Mary,
Your are correct. This is a Blinded Sphinx.
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