Joan F. Rickert has sent me many beautiful images, and has documented many Sphingidae species from Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin.

Many thanks also to her son, who found the larva crawling under an ash tree in his yard.

Sphinx chersis, Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin,
July 23, 2011, courtesy of Joan F. Rickert.

Sphinx chersis fifth instar, Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin,
August 12, 2011, courtesy of Joan F. Rickert.

Sphinx chersis pupa, Medford, Taylor County, Wisconsin,
September, 2011, courtesy of Joan F. Rickert.

This site has been created by Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.

TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802 Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758 ........... Species: chersis chersis Hubner, [1823]

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