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Hummingbird Moths, Sphinx Moths or Hawk MothsMexican Moths (or butterflies)
December 29, 2009
One a cruise this August leaving Puerto Vallarta, Mexico the ships lights were drawing a large number of moths miles out to sea. One was 6-7″ across and extraordinarily “hairy” (2 photos). The other was about 3″ across the wings and with nice geometric patters (1 photo). I am submitting 2 for identification help.
Thank You
Kevin Schick
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Satellite Sphinx
Hi Kevin,
Your smaller moth is a Satellite Sphinx, Eumorpha satellitia. You can read more about it on Bill Oehlke’s excellent website. The species ranges from the southern portions of the U.S. down to South America.
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