Subject: Lime Hawk Moth
Geographic location of the bug: Just outside Philadelphia
Date: 10/02/2018
Time: 09:49 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: We found this moth on our garage today. We looked it up and we think it might be a Lime Hawk Moth but they are not from Pennsylvania so we’re not sure how it got here. We live just outside Philadelphia.
How you want your letter signed: Leslie
Dear Leslie,
This is a Pandorus Sphinx, a native species for you, not a European Lime Hawk Moth. Many years ago, we posted an image of a Lime Hawk Moth found in Pennsylvania, but that appears to have been an isolated sighting.