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Blinded Sphinx

Paonias excaecata 7824

Photo by MelindaKiser
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Field Notes

Description:

Tan wings with dark banding and some areas of violet shading when the light hits it just right. Rose colored hind wing has a large blue and black eyespot.

Habitat:

Spotted on a sheet hanging on my porch with black lights and halogens shining on it at night to attract moths. We live in a gated lake community surrounded by rural agricultural land, and some wooded areas.
National Moth Week 2017.

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