Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 914777

Carolina sphinx
Manduca sexta

Observation date: August 06, 2013
Submitted by: Rob Chase
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Found this morning apparently sucking on one of the vines of my Brandywine tomato plants. The plants are in a drip-irrigated raised bed inside an open-ended hoophouse growing in a soil of composted horse manure and organic topsoil.
Status: Resident
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: February 07, 2014
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, Connecticut, Middlesex County