Pacific Green Sphinx Moth
Location: Mariposa, California
January 30, 2012 11:27 pm
Dear Bugman,
I took these photos of this beautiful green moth last night, and I found this site while attempting to identify him. He was in the garage, on a damp towel I needed to launder, so I coaxed him onto my hand and took some photos.
Signature: Laura Pound
Dear Laura,
Thanks so much for sending your photos of a lovely Pacific Green Sphinx, Arctonotus lucidus, also known as the Bear Sphinx according to Bill Oehlke’s website, the Sphingidae of the Americas. We are going to copy Bill on our response in the event he wants to include your sighting data in the comprehensive database he is keeping. Winter sightings seem most common.
