Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1154072

Laurel sphinx
Sphinx kalmiae

Observation date: October 12, 2017
Submitted by: w
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Caterpillar appeared to be burrowing into loose moss and forest duff in a mixed spruce/balsam fir/quaking aspen/paper birch forest near the edge of an alder thicket with black ash (Fraxinus nigra) trees.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: March 31, 2018
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Carlton County, United States, Minnesota