The Sphingidae of New York

Sphecodina abbotii, Paonias excaecatus, Darapsa pholus all confirmed for Long Island, June 3, 2003, by Hugh McGuinness.

---

Pictoral thumbnail checklist for adult moths:

Currently only those counties indicated in red are active. Others to follow. Sighting data would be appreciated.

Individual notes for western counties:

Niagara Monroe Chautauqua Seneca

Orleans Wayne Cattaraugus Cayuga

Genesee Livingston Allegany Schuyler

Erie Ontario Steuben Tompkins

Wyoming Yates Chemung Tioga

---

Individual notes for northeastern counties:

Oswego Jefferson Herkimer Warren

Lewis St. Lawrence Hamilton Washington

Oneida Franklin Fulton Saratoga

Onondaga Clinton Montgomery

Madison Essex

---

Individual notes for southeastern counties:

Tompkins Cayuga Fulton Orange Sullivan Richmond

Cortland Onondaga Montgomery Rockland Ulster Dutchess Kings

Tioga Madison Schoharie Westchester Putnam Columbia Queens

Broome Chenango Saratoga Bronx Greene Rensellaer Nassau

Delaware Otsego Schenectady New York Albany Suffolk

---

Pictoral thumbnail checklist for larvae (caterpillars):

Manduca sexta (parasitized), 2006, Staten Island, Richmond Co., N. Y.,
courtesy of Brian Madigan.

Currently only those counties indicated in red are active. Others to follow. Sighting data would be appreciated.

Individual notes for western counties:

Niagara Monroe Chautauqua Seneca

Orleans Wayne Cattaraugus Cayuga

Genesee Livingston Allegany Schuyler

Erie Ontario Steuben Tompkins

Wyoming Yates Chemung Tioga

---

Individual notes for northeastern counties:

Oswego Jefferson Herkimer Warren

Lewis St. Lawrence Hamilton Washington

Oneida Franklin Fulton Saratoga

Onondaga Clinton Montgomery

Madison Essex

---

Individual notes for southeastern counties:

Tompkins Cayuga Fulton Orange Sullivan Richmond

Cortland Onondaga Montgomery Rockland Ulster Dutchess Kings

Tioga Madison Schoharie Westchester Putnam Columbia Queens

Broome Chenango Saratoga Bronx Greene Rensellaer Nassau

Delaware Otsego Schenectady New York Albany Suffolk

---

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.

Use your browser "Back" button to return to the previous page.

This page is brought to you by Bill Oehlke and the WLSS. Pages are on space rented from Bizland. If you would like to become a "Patron of the Sphingidae Site", contact Bill.

Please send sightings/images to Bill. I will do my best to respond to requests for identification help.

Show appreciation for this site by clicking on flashing butterfly to the left. The link will take you to a page with links to many insect sites.

This website has been created and is maintained by Bill Oehlke without government or institutional financial assistance. All expenses, ie., text reference support material, webspace rental from Bizland, computer repairs/replacements, backups systems, software for image adjustments (Adobe Photoshop; L-View), ftp software, anti-virus protection, scanner, etc. are my own.

I very much appreciate all the many images that have been sent to me, or of which I have been granted permission to copy and post from other websites. All images on this site remain the property of respective photographers.

If you would like to contribute to the maintenance of this website by sending a contribution to

Bill Oehlke
Box 476
155 Peardon Road
Montague, Prince Edward Island, C0A1R0
Canada

your donation would be much appreciated and would be used for
1) paying for webspace rental;
2) paying for computer maintenance and software upgrades;
3) purchases of additional text reference material (journals and books) in anticipation of expanding the site to a worldwide Sphingidae site;
4) helping to pay my daughter's tuition (completed spring of 2013); with anything left over going to humanitarian aid.

If you are mailing a check from USA, please use $0.85 postage; $1.25 is 2017 rate; seems to be going up abut $.05/year. Donations can also be made through Paypal via the button below.