Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1047845

Waved sphinx
Ceratomia undulosa

Observation date: June 01, 2015
Submitted by: dystatic
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: this guy was sitting on the under side of my little deck, i noticed him when i was starting to do some planting right there that evening. i took a whole bunch of pictures of him as well as some flowers before i did the planting & did the planting & he was still there when i left. he was quite large, about 1.5 - 2" long (it is cold here, we do not have big bugs)! i have never seen this type of moth before!
Status: Resident
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: July 29, 2015
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Canada, Alberta