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Blinded Sphinx (Paonias excaecata) At a 365 + 395nm UV light setup at a mixed forest edge.<br />
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Blinded Sphinx (Paonias excaecata)

At a 365 + 395nm UV light setup at a mixed forest edge.

Blinded Sphinx (Paonias excaecata) At a 365 + 395nm UV light setup at a mixed forest edge.<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/120682/blinded_sphinx_paonias_excaecata.html Blinded Sphinx,Geotagged,Paonias excaecatus,Summer,United States

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The Blinded Sphinx is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and across the rest of Canada all the way to British Columbia. In the United States it ranges south to Florida in the east, and westward to eastern California and as far south as central Texas.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded Aug 24, 2021. Captured Jul 27, 2021 06:09 in 227 Oakman Rd NE, Oakman, GA 30732, USA.
  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • f/13.0
  • 1/166s
  • ISO500
  • 100mm