Ken Martin writes, "I saw these two moths hanging from our Saskatoon berry tree in our garden in Flamborough, Ontario. I have seen a single one on the same tree a couple of weeks ago. I have tried to identify it from all the photographs on the net, but can't find it anywhere. I wondered if you had any idea."

I replied, "It is one of the Sphingidae species, Paonias excaecatus, in copula. I would like to post pictures with credit to you on my Ontario Sphingidae page? The upper moth, female, is full of eggs.

"The common name is the Blinded Sphinx."

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