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Big poplar sphinx

Pachysphinx occidentalis

Photo by BenjaminKabel
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Field Notes

Description:

A large moth with a wingspan of about 4 inches (10 cm). The wings looked like fallen leaves and the abdomen was held partly curled, with the tip vertical.

Notes:

Pachysphinx occidentalis

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