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Poplar Hawk moth

Laothoe populi

Photo by Karl Rabe
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Field Notes

Description:

I believe this to be a poplar hawk moth. Please correct me if I'm wrong. It looked like a dried up leaf. As sitting, it was about 4 cm. from wing tip to wing tip.
5/28/2011, Germantown, N.Y.

Habitat:

On the siding of my house in Germantown, N.Y.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Jacob Gorneau
Please add to and join mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841449 It looked like there was another moth to the right of the picture, was there?
Karl Rabe
Thank you for the kind comments. It did not get caught on the web. The spider, though fairly large by my standards, is only a small fraction of the size of the moth. The moth walked unencumbered through the web.
ClaudiaRamirez
Great Pic !!!, Does it get caught on the spider web??
JosephBullock
Wow! That's what it is from Wikipedia. Great picture! BugGuide is a great help, too.

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