The Sphingidae of Mississippi

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Special thanks goes to Vernon A. Brou for his extensive research and records and images regarding the Sphingidae of Louisiana, a help with this checklist.

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. I will attempt to identify any Sphingidae larvae or adults that are unknown to you.

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

Xylophanes tersa, Hancock County, Mississippi, November 2, 2007,
courtesy of Michael Vandeveer

Northern Mississippi

Desoto Tippah Coahoma Pototoc Bolivar Carroll Washington Monroe

Tunica Alcorn Quitman Lee Sunflower Montgomery Humphreys Clay

Tate Tishomingo Panola Itawamba Tallahatchie Webster Holmes Oktibbeha

Marshall Union Lafayette Calhoun Leflore Choctaw Issaquena Lowndes

Benton Prentiss Yalobusha Chickasaw Grenada Attala Sharkey Winston

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.

Eggs of many North American species are offered during the spring and summer. Occasionally summer Actias luna and summer Antheraea polyphemus cocoons are available. Shipping to US destinations is done from with in the US.

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