This moth or butterfly landed in my driveway in Beachwood N.J. Anyone have any idea what it is and where it flew here from? We get the occasional monarch butterfly but not colored like this. Just like a banana leaf.
What the *"::=;+&? Is that?!?!?
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Sphinx moth of some kind.....Hawk moth family. Nice one!!
Yup sphinx moth, I saw one in my backyard in NJ yesterday as well. Pretty cool, they can hover just like hummingbirds!
I agree (after 20 minutes of exhaustive research involving YouTube videos of moths made for 2nd graders) it is a hawk or sphinx of some sort. Possibly from eastern Canada. Better not start trouble like the Trailer park boys!
We get some similar types here in Panama, sometimes as large as an 8" wing span.
The feral cats tend to rough them up at night, so if I find them, they go into the tank as fish food.
The feral cats tend to rough them up at night, so if I find them, they go into the tank as fish food.
I was gonna put it in with my bearded dragon but I'm afraid the moth will kick his ass!
