Moths in Your Pocket: A Guide to the Saturn and Sphinx Moths of the Upper Midwest (Bur Oak Guide) [1 ed.] 1609383052, 9781609383053

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A BUR OA K GUIDE

MOTHS IN YOUR POCKET A GUIDE T O T HE

Saturn and Sphinx Moths of the Upper Midwest Jim Durbin, Frank Olsen, and Tom Jantscher

Polyphemus moth Antheraea polyphemus 3.9–5.9 inches, May–July

Spiny oakworm moth Anisota stigma 1.6–2.8 inches, June–July

Luna moth Actias luna 2.9–4.2 inches, May–August

Royal walnut moth Citheronia regalis 4.3–5.9 inches, mid June–July

Cecropia moth Hyalophora cecropia 4.3–6.5 inches, May–July

Bisected honey locust moth Sphingicampa bisecta 2.1–3 inches, April–September

Honey locust moth Sphingicampa bicolor

Io moth Automeris io

1.8–2.6 inches, April–September

1.9–3.2 inches, May–September

Rosy maple moth Dryocampa rubicunda 1.3–2.1 inches, May–August

Nevada buck moth Hemileuca nevadensis 1.9–2.8 inches, September–October [caterpillar photo: Aaron Brees]

Pink-striped oakworm moth Anisota virginiensis 1.3–1.8 inches, June–July

Imperial moth Eacles imperialis 3.5–6 inches, June–August Male at top, female middle

Promethea moth Callosamia promethea 2.9–3.8 inches, June–July Male at top, female middle

Carolina sphinx moth Manduca sexta 4.1–4.7 inches, May–October

Five-spotted hawk moth Manduca quinquemaculatus 3.5–5.3 inches, May–October

Franck’s sphinx moth Sphinx franckii 4–5.1 inches, mid June–mid July

Great ash sphinx moth Sphinx chersis 3.5–5.2 inches, May–September

Big poplar sphinx moth Pachysphinx modesta 3.9–4.8 inches, May–August

Hagen’s sphinx moth Ceratomia hageni 3.1–3.7 inches, April–September

Ash sphinx moth Manduca jasminearum 3.3–4.2 inches, May–September

Pink-spotted hawk moth Agrius cingulata 3.7–4.8 inches, August–October

Elm sphinx moth Ceratomia amyntor

White-lined sphinx moth Hyles lineata

3.4–4.6 inches, May–August

2.4–3.6 inches, April–October

Banded sphinx moth Eumorpha fasciatus

Wild cherry sphinx moth Sphinx drupiferarum

3.4–3.8 inches, August–November

3.5–4.4 inches, May–July

Vashti sphinx moth Sphinx vashti

Leafy spurge hawk moth Hyles euphorbiae

2.4–4 inches, May–August

2.3–2.8 inches, July

Lettered sphinx moth Deidamia inscriptum

Virginia creeper sphinx moth Darapsa myron

1.7–2.8 inches, April–June

1.9–2.6 inches, April–September

Abbott’s sphinx moth Sphecodina abbottii

Catalpa sphinx moth Ceratomia catalpae

2.2–2.8 inches, April–July

2.5–3.8 inches, May–September

Twin-spotted sphinx moth Smerinthus jamaicensis

Hermit sphinx moth Lintneria eremitus

1.9–2.8 inches, April–October

2.5–3 inches, June–September

Walnut sphinx moth Amorpha juglandis

Pandorus sphinx moth Eumorpha pandorus

1.7–3 inches, April–August

3.4–4.6 inches, June–October [caterpillar photo: Moni Hayne]

Tersa sphinx moth Xylophanes tersa

Pawpaw sphinx moth Dolba hyloeus

2.3–3.2 inches, June–October

1.9–2.7 inches, June–September

Plebeian sphinx moth Paratrea plebeja

One-eyed sphinx moth Smerinthus cerisyi

2.3–3 inches, May–August [photo: Jim Vargo]

2.4–3.6 inches, May–July

Laurel sphinx moth Sphinx kalmiae

Waved sphinx moth Ceratomia undulosa

2.9–4.1 inches, May–August

3–4.4 inches, May–October

Small-eyed sphinx moth Paonias myops

Galium sphinx moth Hyles gallii

1.7–3 inches, April–September

2.3–3.2 inches, May–October

Obscure sphinx moth Erinnyis obscura 2.1–2.6 inches, August–October

Hummingbird clearwing moth Hemaris thysbe 1.5–2.1 inches, April–September

Blinded sphinx moth Paonias excaecatus

Snowberry clearwing moth Hemaris diffinis

2.1–3.8 inches, May–August

1.3–2 inches, April–September

Azalea sphinx moth Darapsa choerilus

Nessus sphinx moth Amphion floridensis

1.9–2.6 inches, April–July

1.4–2.2 inches, April–July

Titan sphinx moth Aellopos titan

Achemon sphinx moth Eumorpha achemon

2.1–2.6 inches, June–October

3.4–3.8 inches, June–August

MOTHS IN YOUR POCKET

this welcome addition to Iowa’s popular series of laminated guides illustrates fifty-one species of moths commonly found in the Upper Midwest states of Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.   The saturniid or giant silk moths are well named. Their large size—up to 6.5 inches for the cecropia moth—and the soft silky browns, greens, and oranges of their wings are unforgettable when they appear at a lighted window at night. Equally well named are the sphinx or hawk moths, important pollinators that hover like hummingbirds when nectar-feeding at dusk and even in daylight. The caterpillars of both families can be just as distinctive as the adults, as anyone who has ever come upon a tobacco or a tomato hornworm can attest.   For each species the authors have included common and scientific names, wingspan, and time of flight for the adults at this final stage in their life cycle. Striking photographs of the adult moths and of their larval stages make this guide as beautiful as it is useful.

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