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Big Poplar sphinx moth

Pachysphinx modesta

Photo by MickGrant
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Sitting on the veranda drinking my tea and this creature settled on the Buddleia and kept quite still for 5 minutes - Check this out ?:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/70921/bgpage

Pleased of any ID correction.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
MickGrant
Modified ID- corrections appreciated?
MickGrant
Thanks Lars, yes its lost a little chunk - maybe from a bird?
LarsKorb
Interesting shape of the wings - though the right one appears to be damaged

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