The Sphingidae of Delaware

Please help me improve this site by sending sighting data (species; location [county]; date) to Bill Oehlke. Images are also greatly appreciated and will be used and credited (with permission) on county pages.

Please also send your sightings to BAMONA, an excellent on-line resource.

Agrius cingulata, Selbyville, Sussex County, Delaware,
late summer stray, September 12, 2012, courtesy of Ruth Koontz.

Sphinginae subfamily Sphingini Tribe: Agrius cingulata stray Ceratomia amyntor T Ceratomia catalpae T Ceratomia undulosa T Dolba hyloeus T Lapara bombycoides T Lapara coniferarum T Lintneria eremitus T Manduca jasminearum Twwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Manduca quinquemaculatus T Manduca rustica S 1/3 Manduca sexta T Neococytius cluentius possible stray Paratrea plebeja T Sphinx chersis T Sphinx drupiferarum T Sphinx franckii T Sphinx gordius T Sphinx kalmiae T Smerinthini Tribe: Amorpha juglandis T Pachysphinx modesta T Paonias astylus T Paonias excaecata T Paonias myops T Smerinthus jamaicensis T

Macroglossinae subfamily Dilophonotini Tribe:mm Hemaris diffinis T Hemaris gracilis T Hemaris thysbe T Philampelini Tribe:mm Eumorpha achemon T Eumorpha pandorus T Macroglossini Tribe: Amphion floridensis T Cautethia grotei stray Darapsa choerilus Darapsa myron Darapsa versicolor Deidamia inscriptum T Hyles lineata T Sphecodina abbottii T Xylophanes tersa T Return to Index by Nation Return to U. S. A. Table Return to Main Sphingidae Index

Manduca rustica on sunflower, Selbyville, Sussex County, Delaware, courtesy of Ruth Koontz.

Individual county checklists (adult moths): Counties will be completed as sightings arrive. Currently only those in red are active.

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Hemaris thysbe nectaring on lantana, July 10, 2007, courtesy of Nicole Kovacs.

"We have almost daily visits to our deck planters by a clearwing hummingbird moth. We live in Delaware. The first sighting was in June, and still in July we are still seeing it. The first visit was on a red petunia hanging basket. But now in bloom are the yellow lantana to which it has been showing a preference."

Enjoy some of nature's wonderments, giant silk moth cocoons. These cocoons are for sale winter and fall. Beautiful Saturniidae moths will emerge the following spring and summer. Read Actias luna rearing article. Additional online help available.

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