Texactor writes, "One in my front yard in Round Rock, Texas, Williamson County."

I replied, "Thanks for thinking of me. Your identification is correct."

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TAXONOMY: Superfamily: Sphingoidea, Dyar, 1902 Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Macroglossinae, Harris, 1839 Tribe: Philampelini, Burmeister Genus: Eumorpha, Hubner, [1807] Species: vitis vitis, (Linnaeus, 1758)

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