Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 698246

Big poplar sphinx
Pachysphinx occidentalis

Observation date: September 04, 2010
Date notes: Either 9/4/2010 or 19/13/2010 see observation notes.
Submitted by: Josiah Gilbert
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Raised from one of three caterpillars.Either one of two taken on 9/4/2010 (submitted in sighting record #698245) or a caterpillar taken on 9/13/2010. All the caterpillars were the same species.(The caterpillar in the photo is not necessarily the one that devloped into the moth in the other photo it is just one of the three listed above.)
Status: Resident
Verified by: kellyrichers
Verified date: May 08, 2012
Coordinator notes: The moth is Pachysphinx occidentalis. I assume the moth was the caterpillar, but I am not identifying the caterpillar as I do not have a reference to it available. Kelly