Achemon Sphinx Moth (Eumorpha achemon)

My daughter called to me because she saw something big flying around outside. At first, I didn’t see anything, but then I saw something flapping its wings very hard. At first, I thought it might be a humming bird. Then, I saw that it was a moth.

It was about mid morning when this rather large moth was flying around, but then it landed on our porch and stayed there. I eventually took a closer look, and it didn’t move. At this point, it was clearly dead. If you look at the pictures below, there’s a weird spot on its back, near its head, where it doesn’t look like it fully developed.

What I found interesting about this one, after reading about it here, it is often mistaken for a humming bird.

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