Ceratomia amyntor

Ceratomia amyntor
seer-a-TOHM-ee-uh m uh-MIN-tor
The Elm Sphinx or Four-horned Sphinx
(Geyer, [1835]) Agrius amyntor

Ceratomia amyntor on weeping birch, August 12, 2006
courtesy of Bill Rue, Long Island's East End, Suffolk County.

The diagnostic four horns on the thoracic segments are barely visible in this image, but the chocolate colour, raised, rough lateral stripes and ridge of low spines on the back are clearly visible. There is also a green form, and sometimes a form showing a brown and green mottling. Also note the pale yellow "V" on the brown head.

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Ceratomia amyntor seer-a-TOHM-ee-uh m uh-MIN-tor The Elm Sphinx or Four-horned Sphinx (Geyer, [1835]) Agrius amyntor

Ceratomia amyntor on weeping birch, August 12, 2006 courtesy of Bill Rue, Long Island's East End, Suffolk County.

Ceratomia amyntor
seer-a-TOHM-ee-uh m uh-MIN-tor
The Elm Sphinx or Four-horned Sphinx
(Geyer, [1835]) Agrius amyntor

Ceratomia amyntor on weeping birch, August 12, 2006
courtesy of Bill Rue, Long Island's East End, Suffolk County.