The Sphingidae of Michigan

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.

The second set of tables present thumbnails of the larvae (caterpillars) with links to the same descriptions and information.

Individual notes for Northwestern Michigan counties (adult moths):

Gogebic Iron

Ontonagon Marquette

Houghton Dickinson

Keweenaw Menominee

Baraga

Individual notes for Northern Michigan counties (adult moths):

Alger Mackinac Presque Isle Leelanau Antrim Ogemaw

Delta Emmet Montmorency Benzie Kalkaska Iosco

Schoolcraft Cheboygan Alpena Grand Traverse Crawford

Luce Charlevoix Oscoda Manistee Missaukee

Chippewa Otsego Alcona Wexford Roscommon

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Individual notes for Central Michigan counties: (adult moths):

Mason Arenac Midland Tuscola

Lake Oceana Bay Sanilac

Osceola Newago Huron

Clare Mecosta Muskegon

Gladwin Isabella Saginaw

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Hemaris thysbe, July 18, 2005, courtesy of Diane Smith, Oakland County.

Both Diane and I got a chuckle over the seeming appearance of sun glasses on this visitor to her flowers!

Individual notes for Southern Michigan counties (adult moths):

Montcalm Clinton Allegan Oakland Jackson St. Joseph

Gratiot Shiawassee Barry Macomb Washtenaw Branch

Ottawa Genesee Eaton Van Buren Wayne Hillsdale

Kent Lapeer Ingham Kalamazoo Berrien Lenawee

Ionia St. Clair Livingston Calhoun Cass Monroe

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Larvae Section

Manduca sexta munching on green pepper, Shiawassee County, Michigan,
September 10, 2008, courtesy of Jennifer Putnam.

Individual notes for Northwestern Michigan counties (larvae):

Gogebic Iron

Ontonagon Marquette

Houghton Dickinson

Keweenaw Menominee

Baraga

Individual notes for Northern Michigan counties (larvae):

Alger Mackinac Presque Isle Leelanau Antrim Ogemaw

Delta Emmet Montmorency Benzie Kalkaska Iosco

Schoolcraft Cheboygan Alpena Grand Traverse Crawford

Luce Charlevoix Oscoda Manistee Missaukee

Chippewa Otsego Alcona Wexford Roscommon

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Individual notes for Central Michigan counties (larvae):

Mason Arenac Midland Tuscola

Lake Oceana Bay Sanilac

Osceola Newago Huron

Clare Mecosta Muskegon

Gladwin Isabella Saginaw

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Individual notes for Southern Michigan counties (larvae):

Montcalm Clinton Allegan Oakland Jackson St. Joseph

Gratiot Shiawassee Barry Macomb Washtenaw Branch

Ottawa Genesee Eaton Van Buren Wayne Hillsdale

Kent Lapeer Ingham Kalamazoo Berrien Lenawee

Ionia St. Clair Livingston Calhoun Cass Monroe

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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