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Tersa Sphinx Moth

Xylophanes tersa

Photo by Darwinist
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Field Notes

Notes:

First, and only time I have ever seen a moth like this.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)

We have some Sphinx Moths here in NY so that is where I would have begun look for an ID.....nice work!
Sure is! Took forever to ID since I had no idea what it was. Glad I saw it though. May never see one again :)
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2011

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