The Sphingidae of Florida

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.

Rick Gillmore reports, "A. fadus does not exist in Florida. They are not breeding here in Florida."

Individual notes for northwestern counties:

Only those counties indicated in red are currently active. Please help me improve this site by sending sighting data (species; location [county]; date) to Bill Oehlke.

Other pictoral checklists will be posted as sightings arrive.

Escambia Washington Gadsden Jefferson

Santa Rosa Bay Liberty Madison

Okaloosa Jackson Franklin Taylor

Walton Calhoun Leon Suwannee

Holmes Gulf Wakulla Lafayette Dixie

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Individual notes for northeastern counties:

Only those counties indicated in red are currently active. Please help me improve this site by sending sighting data (species; location [county]; date) to Bill Oehlke.

Other pictoral checklists will be posted as sightings arrive.

Hamilton Gilchrist Clay

Columbia Levy St Johns

Baker Alachua Putnam

Nassau Union Marion

Duval Bradford Flagler

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Individual notes for central counties:

Only those counties indicated in red are currently active. Please help me improve this site by sending sighting data (species; location [county]; date) to Bill Oehlke.

Other pictoral checklists will be posted as sightings arrive.

Citrus Volusia Pinellas

Hernando Seminole Hillsborough

Pasco Orange Polk

Sumter Osceola

Lake Brevard Indian River

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Individual notes for southern counties:

Only those counties indicated in red are currently active. Please help me improve this site by sending sighting data (species; location [county]; date) to Bill Oehlke.

Other pictoral checklists will be posted as sightings arrive.

Thumbnails of moths

Manatee Highlands Lee Monroe

Sarasota Glades Hendry Miami Dade

Hardee Okeechobee Palm Beach

Desoto St. Lucie Collier

Charlotte Martin Broward

Isoparce cupressi, southern Florida, July 4, 2007, courtesy of Pat Dietrich.

Thumbnails of larvae

Individual notes for northwestern counties:

Only those counties indicated in red are currently active. Please help me improve this site by sending sighting data (species; location [county]; date) to Bill Oehlke.

Other pictoral checklists will be posted as sightings arrive.

Escambia Washington Gadsden Jefferson

Santa Rosa Bay Liberty Madison

Okaloosa Jackson Franklin Taylor

Walton Calhoun Leon Suwannee

Holmes Gulf Wakulla Lafayette Dixie

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Individual notes for northeastern counties:

Only those counties indicated in red are currently active. Please help me improve this site by sending sighting data (species; location [county]; date) to Bill Oehlke.

Other pictoral checklists will be posted as sightings arrive.

Hamilton Gilcrest Clay

Columbia Levy St Johns

Baker Alachua Putnam

Nassau Union Marion

Duval Bradford Flagler

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Pachylia ficus, Brevard County, Florida,
May 23, 2008, courtesy of John de Bry.

Individual notes for central counties:

Only those counties indicated in red are currently active. Please help me improve this site by sending sighting data (species; location [county]; date) to .

Other pictoral checklists will be posted as sightings arrive.

Citrus Volusia Pinellas

Hernando Seminole Hillsborough

Pasco Orange Polk

Sumter Osceola

Lake Brevard Indian River

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Erinnyis ello, Broward County, Florida, courtesy of Kelli Whitney,
Park Naturalist II, Long Key Nature Center, Broward County Parks and Recreation.

Kelli, who had earlier sent an image seeking id confirmation of a female E. ello, writes, I had originally sent this email on Sept. 17th seeking an i.d. confirmation. I believe I may have confirmed my own i.d. I found this handsome devil decimating my painted leaf in the oak hammock behind the nature center. When I first saw him he had a dark eyespot exposed (probably because I had a group of 15 people with me and we were all gawking at him.) When I came back later with the camera, it wasn�t really visible any more. Can�t wait for him to complete his metamorphosis. Maybe I�ll finally get to see a male."

Individual notes for southern counties:

Manatee Highlands Lee Monroe

Sarasota Glades Hendry Miami Dade

Hardee Okeechobee Palm Beach

Desoto St. Lucie Collier

Charlotte Martin Broward

Erinnyis ello, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida,
courtesy of Vanessa Goderich.

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