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Eumorpha fasciatus, the banded sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. ... Mississippi, Florida and South Carolina. Strays can be found north up to ...
Paonias excaecata, the blinded sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. ... In the United States it ranges south to Florida in the east, ...
7865 – Eumorpha fasciatus, banded sphinx moth; 7866 – Eumorpha labruscae, ... Florida tussock moth; 8203 – Halysidota tessellaris, banded tussock moth; 8204 ...
The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species . [ 1 ] It is best represented in the tropics , but species are found in every region. [ 2 ]
The underwings have a strong yellow band and in flight, the moth buzzes, appearing like a bee. The forewings are violet grey when fresh and have a "barklike pattern of swirling black lines" according to David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. [4] At rest, they raise their abdomens and are well camouflaged on tree bark, looking like a broken branch. [3]
Close-up footage shows a giant sphinx moth emerging from its chrysalis and spraying fluid everywhere. The filmer, Madison Shaw from Los Angeles, documents her other pet moths, including the ...
Proserpinus flavofasciata, the yellow-banded day sphinx, is a species of hawk moth which occurs at the edges of, and in clearings in, boreal and mountain forests across Canada, as far south as Maine and Massachusetts in the east and as far north as Alaska in the west. It is much more common in the west of its range.
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