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Hummingbird Moths, Sphinx Moths or Hawk MothsBug identification
I am curious about a small brown insect that lived on our garage wall for a brief time. He is very tolerant of photographers. Two friends have identified him from your website as a sphinx moth or a Spotted Apatelodes Moth. You may use the photos on your website if any of them would be useful. He was in Chadds Ford, PA on May 2-3, 2008. He stayed about 36 hours. What do you think he is? Thanks for the help –
Judy Cz
hi Judy,
We are ecstatic to have received your images of a Lettered Sphinx, Deidamia inscriptum. In his excellent website, Bill Oehlke describes the male as resting with a stongly curved abdomen, just like your specimen.
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