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Great Ash Sphinx

Sphinx chersis

Photo by Arya
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Spotted this moth in the grass using a technique to find Wolf spiders. It was just outside of Zion National Park.

Species ID Suggestions

Great Ash Sphinx

Sphinx chersis
Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (2)
Arya
Thank you Jakubko.
Jacob Gorneau
Wonderful! Please verify, as there are other similar species in this genus. :-)

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedOctober 16, 2013

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