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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