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misssherryg

Blind-Eyed Sphinx Moth

14 years ago

This sphinx moth has been hanging out on the porch today. I didn't know what type it was, so I looked it up on the Moth Photographer's Group site, and it's definitely a blind-eyed sphinx. This guy, I think it's a male, wouldn't open his wings to let me see his "eye" so I'll have to settle for this picture -

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My books say their preferred host plant is wild black cherry/Prunus serotina, so you can chalk up another lep to that great tree! No other plant hosts as many butterflies and moths, at least here.

Sherry

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