Achemon Sphinx moth

First-time sighting in Illinois for BugGuide.net! So distinctive, I was able to identify it on my own. Perched on a Black-eyed Susan.

» ID’ed as Eumorpha achemon or “Achemon Sphinx” at: [ BAMONA ] [ BugGuide ]
» Species pages: [ BAMONA ] [ BugGuide ] [ UK Moths ]
» BugGuide data for this species (only this sighting for Illinois so far)

[ IMG_4001_8x8tm :: 60mm :: f/5 :: 1/250" :: ISO 200 ]

August 2 posts
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 3 years ago: “Crape Myrtle shedding bark”
 4 years ago: “Hard to pass up a Monarch…”
 5 years ago: “Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Lighthouse” (Light, sure, but a lighthouse?)
 6 years ago: “Parking lot ‘find’”
 7 years ago: “Eastern Pondhawk (male)”
 8 years ago: “An August abstract?”
 9 years ago: “Green River”
10 years ago: “Silver-spotted skipper”
11 years ago: “Like shooting fish in a barrel!”
12 years ago: “Car-of-the-Month, August”

[Mags]

WOWZA!

[Jesika]

Gorgeous. The Hawk moths are truly magnificent

[Cathy 💫]

Wow, This moths amazing too. You really have captured this brilliantly and well done for seeing your first sighting of it. Another moth ticks the box :-)