These are some of the specimens that I have collected in Georgia.
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Sphingidae
![abbott's sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/abbotssphinx.jpg.w180h108.jpg)
ABBOTT'S SPHINX (Sphecodina abbottii)
![azalea sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/azaleasphinx.jpg.w180h128.jpg)
AZALEA SPHINX (Darapsa choerilus)
![banded sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/bandedsphinx.jpg.w180h135.jpg)
BANDED SPHINX (Eumorpha fasciata)
![blinded sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/blindedsphinx.jpg.w180h111.jpg)
BLINDED SPHINX (Paonias excaecatus)
![carolina sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/carolinasphinx.jpg.w180h108.jpg)
CAROLINA SPHINX (Manduca sexta)
![catalpa sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/catalpasphinx.jpg.w180h116.jpg)
CATALPA SPHINX (Ceratomia catalpae)
![cypress sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/cypresssphinx.jpg.w180h113.jpg)
CYPRESS SPHINX (Isoparce cupressi)
![elm sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/elmsphinx.jpg.w180h78.jpg)
ELM SPHINX (Ceratomia amyntor)
![five spotted hawkmoth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/fivespottedhawkmoth.jpg.w180h109.jpg)
FIVE-SPOTTED HAWKMOTH (Manduca quinquemaculata)
![hog sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/hogsphinx.jpg.w180h123.jpg)
HOG SPHINX (Darapsa myron)
![hummingbird clearwing.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/hummingbirdclearwinginflight2.jpg.w180h183.jpg)
HUMMINGBIRD CLEARWING (Hemaris thysbe)
![laurel sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/laurelsphinx.jpg.w180h99.jpg)
LAUREL SPHINX (Sphinx kalmiae)
![lettered sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/letteredsphinxcoweta.jpg.w180h123.jpg)
LETTERED SPHINX (Deidamia inscriptum)
![mournful sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/mournfulsphinx.jpg.w180h132.jpg)
MOURNFUL SPHINX (Enyo lugubris)
![nessus sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/nessussphinx.jpg.w180h145.jpg)
NESSUS SPHINX (Amphion floridensis)
![pandorus sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/pandorussphinx.jpg.w180h102.jpg)
PANDORUS SPHINX (Eumorpha pandorus)
![pink spotted hawkmoth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/pinkspottedhawk.jpg.w180h124.jpg)
PINK-SPOTTED HAWKMOTH (Agrius cingulata)
![plebeian sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/plebeiansphinx.jpg.w180h113.jpg)
PLEBEIAN SPHINX (Paratrea plebeja)
![rustic sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/rusticsphinx.jpg.w180h118.jpg)
RUSTIC SPHINX (Manduca rustica)
![small eyed sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/smalleyedsphinxupson.jpg.w180h104.jpg)
SMALL-EYED SPHINX (Paonias myops)
![snowberry clearwing.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/snowberryclearwing.jpg.w180h139.jpg)
SNOWBERRY CLEARWING (Hemaris diffinis)
![southern pine sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/pinesphinx.jpg.w180h124.jpg)
SOUTHERN PINE SPHINX (Lapara coniferarum)
![tersa sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/tersasphinx.jpg.w180h130.jpg)
TERSA SPHINX (Xylophanes tersa)
![twin spotted sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/twinspottedsphinx.jpg.w180h123.jpg)
TWIN-SPOTTED SPHINX (Smerinthus jamaicensis)
![walnut sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/walnutsphinx.jpg.w180h118.jpg)
WALNUT SPHINX (Amorpha juglandis)
![waved sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/wavedsphinx.jpg.w180h92.jpg)
WAVED SPHINX (Ceratomia undulosa)
![white lined sphinx.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/whitelinedsphinx.jpg.w180h119.jpg)
WHITE-LINED SPHINX (Hyles lineata)
Saturniidae
![imperial moth1.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/imperialmoth1.jpg.w180h99.jpg)
IMPERIAL MOTH (Eacles imperialis)
![io moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/iomoth.jpg.w180h123.jpg)
IO MOTH (Automeris io)
![luna moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/lunamoth.jpg.w180h110.jpg)
LUNA MOTH (Actias luna)
![pine devil moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/pinedevilmoth.jpg.w180h119.jpg)
PINE-DEVIL MOTH (Citheronia sepulcralis)
![pink striped oakworm moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/psoakwormmoth.jpg.w180h137.jpg)
PINK-STRIPED OAKWORM (Anisota virginiensis)
![polyphemus moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/polyphemusmoth.jpg.w180h114.jpg)
POLYPHEMUS MOTH (Antheraea polyphemus)
![promethea moth female.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/prometheamothfemale.jpg.w180h132.jpg)
PROMETHEA MOTH (Callosamia promethea)
![rosy maple moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/rosymaplemale1.jpg.w180h117.jpg)
ROSY MAPLE MOTH (Dryocampa rubicunda)
![royal walnut moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/royalwalnutmoth.jpg.w180h98.jpg)
ROYAL WALNUT MOTH (Citheronia regalis)
![spiny oak worm moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/spinyoakwormmale.jpg.w180h98.jpg)
SPINY OAKWORM (Anisota stigma)
![tulip tree silkmoth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/tuliptreemale.jpg.w180h129.jpg)
TULIP-TREE SILKMOTH (Callosamia angulifera)
Apatelodidae (formerly Zanolidae)
![apatelodes torrefacta.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/apatelodestorrefacta.jpg.w180h115.jpg)
SPOTTED APATELODES (Apatelodes torrefacta)
![the angel.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/theangel.jpg.w180h129.jpg)
THE ANGEL (Olceclostera angelica)
Lasiocampidae
![artace cribraria.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/artacecribraria.jpg.w180h122.jpg)
DOT-LINED WHITE (Artace cribraria)
![Eastern Tent Caterpillar.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/malacosomaamericanum.jpg.w180h133.jpg)
EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR (Malacosoma americanum)
![Forest Tent Caterpillar.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/malacosomadisstria.jpg.w180h123.jpg)
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR (Malacosoma disstria)
![tolype velleda.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/tolypevelleda.jpg.w180h94.jpg)
LARGE TOLYPE (Tolype velleda)
Drepanidae
![drepana arcuata.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/drepanaarcuata2.jpg.w180h117.jpg)
ARCHED HOOKTIP (Drepana arcuata)
![oreta rosea.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/oretarosea2.jpg.w180h112.jpg)
ROSE HOOKTIP (Oreta rosea)
Arctiidae
![acrea tiger moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/acreatigermoth.jpg.w180h107.jpg)
ACREA TIGER MOTH (Estigmene acrea)
![anna tiger moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/annatigermoth.jpg)
ANNA TIGER MOTH (Grammia anna)
![Apantesis tiger moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/apantesistigermoth.jpg.w180h139.jpg)
(Apantesis) Tiger Moth
![banded tussock moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/bandedtussockmoth.jpg.w180h132.jpg)
BANDED TUSSOCK MOTH (Halysidota tessellaris)
![bella moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/bellamoth1.jpg.w180h129.jpg)
BELLA MOTH (Utetheisa bella)
![haploa clymene.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/haploaclymene.jpg.w180h117.jpg)
CLYMENE MOTH (Haploa clymene)
![cycnia.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/cycnia.jpg)
DELICATE CYCNIA (Cycnia tenera)
![giant leopard moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/giantleopardmoth.jpg.w180h114.jpg)
GIANT LEOPARD MOTH (Ecpantheria scribonia)
![isabella tiger moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/isabellatigermoth.jpg.w180h111.jpg)
ISABELLA TIGER MOTH (Pyrrharctia isabella)
![lecontes haploa.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/leconteshaploa.jpg.w180h149.jpg)
LECONTE'S HAPLOA (Haploa lecontei)
![long streaked tussock moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/longstreakedtussockmoth.jpg.w180h114.jpg)
LONG-STREAKED TUSSOCK MOTH (Leucanopsis longa)
![mouse-colored lichen moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/mousecoloredlichen.jpg.w180h144.jpg)
MOUSE-COLORED LICHEN MOTH (Pagara simplex)
![packard's lichen moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/packardslichenmoth.jpg.w180h139.jpg)
PACKARD'S LICHEN MOTH (Cisthene packardii)
![painted lichen moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/paintedlichenmoth.jpg.w180h115.jpg)
PAINTED LICHEN MOTH (Hypoprepia fucosa)
![parthenice tiger moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/parthenicetiger.jpg.w180h129.jpg)
PARTHENICE TIGER MOTH (Grammia parthenice)
![scarlet winged lichen moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/scarletwingedlichenmoth.jpg.w180h128.jpg)
SCARLET-WINGED LICHEN MOTH (Hypoprepia miniata)
![virginian tiger moth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/virginiantigermoth.jpg.w180h139.jpg)
VIRGINIAN TIGER MOTH (Spilosoma virginica)
![yellow collared scapemoth.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/yellowcollaredscapemoth.jpg.w180h132.jpg)
YELLOW-COLLARED SCAPE MOTH (Cisseps fulvicollis)
Noctuidae
![black witch.jpg](sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/blackwitch.jpg.w180h108.jpg)
BLACK WITCH (Ascalapha odorata)
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