SPHINGIDAE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Scan of dark Sphinx poecila larva by Bill Oehlke.

This site is created and maintained by Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com .

By capturing nectaring, gravid, day-flying Sphingidae females in my blackberry patch or taking mesmerized night-flying females at lights, I have been able to obtain eggs and rear many Sphingidae native to Prince Edward Island, Canada.

You can click on the hypertext name in the index below to see images of adults, larvae, eggs and/or pupae and also obtain general information about the Sphingidae native to Prince Edward Island.

Amphion floridensis
Ceratomia undulosa
Darapsa pholus
Hemaris thysbe
Hyles gallii
Lapara bombycoides
Pachysphinx modesta
Paonias excaecatus
Paonias myops
Smerinthus cerisyi
Smerinthus jamaicensis
Sphinx drupiferarum......
Sphinx kalmiae
Sphinx poecila

Nessus sphinx
Waved sphinx
Azalea sphinx
Hummingbird clearwing
Gallium sphinx
Northern Pine sphinx
Poplar sphinx
Blinded sphinx
Small-eyed sphinx
Cerisyi's sphinx
Twin-spotted sphinx
Wild cherry sphinx
Laurel sphinx
Poecila sphinx

eastern 3/4 U.S. & Canada
eastern 2/3 U.S. & Canada
eastern half of U.S. & Canada
eastern half of U.S. & Canada
Can. coast to coast into Mexico
eastern 2/3 Canada, s. e. to n. w. Ga
eastern half of U.S. & Canada
east coast to eastern California
entire U.S and Southern Canada
U.S. west coast east along Can. border
entire North Amer. except deep south
throughout North America
eastern 1/3 U.S. & Canada
Can. U.S. border from Wis./Alb. east

Tim Dyson has sent me outstanding images of live moths from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Check out the Catocala along Tim's Bait Trail at Tim Dyson: Night Vison Photography.

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SATURNIIDAE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
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