Deaths head sphinx in North America?
Richard Worth
rworth at oda.state.or.us
Mon Sep 22 17:06:55 EDT 2003
Or it could have been blown here from Africa by Isabel. I don't have
my Sphingidae Mundi handy but is _atropos_ from Africa? A. styx is
another. There are at least 3 species. When were they seen in NC?
Either way, 1 is an individual, 2 is a potential population.
Rich
>Folks, a correspondent in North Carolina tells me of seeing two acherontia
>atropos, the deaths head moth, in that state. Claims they made the
>characteristic "powerful squeeking noise" when prodded to fly.
>
>Question: has this species been seen in North America? If not, any
>explanation for two being seen in a neighborhood?
>
>John Snyder
>Dept. of Biology
>Furman University
>Greenville, SC USA
Richard A. Worth
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Plant Division
rworth at oda.state.or.us
(503) 986-6461
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