Continued Sphingidae Help for Upcoming Book

[Eric or Pat Metzler]

I've seen Darapsa pholus and D. myron regularly at bait at night, and
I've seen Amphion floridensis at bait during the day. All of these
observations are here in Ohio.

Eric Metzler
Columbus OH

Mothman617 wrote:
> 
> In reply to the genus Ceratomia feeding I have not observed the adult moths
> feeding at flowers like many other Sphingids, however I have on 2 occasions
> observed Ceratomia undulosa feeding at bait (brown sugar & beer mixture) upon
> tree trunks while collecting Catocala (Noctuidae). It is interesting that
> Sphingidae are not recorded by other collectors at bait. I have seen other
> species at bait occasionally as well. This includes Darapsa pholus, Smerinthus
> exacaecata and Manduca jasminearum.