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Blinded Sphinxes, Part 2
Blinded Sphinxes, Part 2
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Re: Blinded Sphinxes, Part 2
Nice, I’ve actually gotten all but P. astylus in one night before. There’s a spot in AZ where you can get S. jamaicensis, saliceti, and ceryisi as well as P. excaecata and P. myops sympatrically, although P. excaecata is rare there. The closely related Pachysphinx occidentalis is also present there. Somewhat recently the Smerinthus were revised and S. ceryisi was broken up into several species, including S. opthamalica, S. astarte, and S. ceryisi.
Re: Blinded Sphinxes, Part 2
Evra, where in AZ can you catch them all? I was unaware that Smerinthus had been revised. Now I have to figure out what I have and what I need to look for. Thanks for the info.
Re: Blinded Sphinxes, Part 2
Interesting! I guess I'd always assumed them to be eastern taxa. Amazing.evra wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:46 am There’s a spot in AZ where you can get S. jamaicensis, saliceti, and ceryisi as well as P. excaecata and P. myops sympatrically,
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