Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1098183

Achemon sphinx
Eumorpha achemon

Observation date: August 21, 2016
Date notes: Found in Northeastern Kansas.
Submitted by: Tracey42
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Found in a friend's garage in northeastern Kansas on 21Aug2016, friends live in a heavily wooded area, rain recently with temps 57-89 degrees. He's very active, yellow with black dot markings on sides, false eye marking. Thought perhaps buck moth or ceratocampinae because of size but no setae or spikes. We put some leaves from butterfly bush & oak tree.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: August 23, 2016
Coordinator notes: Larva probably has wandered off of foodplant (grape, muscadine, virginia creeper) and is looking for a place to burrow into the ground and pupate. This will probably overwinter and emerge as a moth in spring 2017.SAT
Checklist region(s): United States, Kansas, Johnson County