Walnut Sphinx Moth

Date: Jun 12, 2020 at 10:00 am

Location: My house

Wildlife Seen: 1 Blinded Sphinx moth

Behavior Observed:

Sitting on our window. It must have flown into the house during the night. I placed it back outside.

Naturalist's Response

Thanks for fowarding your moth picture. You are correct that it is a sphinx moth, however, it is a Walnut Sphinx Moth, not the Blinded Sphinx as you initially thought. Click here for a BugGuide.net link with more information on the species. And while you are on BugGuide, type Blinded Sphinx Moth in the search box and take a look at the markings so that you can compare the two! -Naturalist Linda Gilbert

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