I
was shooting photos this evening and happened onto a sphinx moth,
nectaring on our shrimp plants. I snagged this terrible image, but it
was good enough for someone on Bugguide.net to ID it as a Titan sphinx (Aellopos titan).
Awesome–now we've had FOUR sphinx species in our Wildscape! White-lined (Hyles lineata), Amphion floridensis, snowberry clearing (Hemaris diffinis) and now the Titan.
UPDATE–My sighting was confirmed by Butterflies and Moths of North America!
UPDATE–My sighting was confirmed by Butterflies and Moths of North America!
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