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Blinded Sphinxes, Part 2
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2023 12:26 am
by 58chevy
Top to bottom:
Smerinthus saliceti
Smerinthus cerisyi
Paonias astylus
Re: Blinded Sphinxes, Part 2
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:46 am
by evra
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
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:39 pm
by 58chevy
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
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2023 7:23 pm
by Chuck
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,
Interesting! I guess I'd always assumed them to be eastern taxa. Amazing.