Identifying Information
Scientific Name: Manduca sexta
Other Name(s): Tobacco Fly, Carolina Sphinx Moth, Six-Spotted Sphinx Moth
Category: Butterfly or Moth
Size (Adult; Length): 90mm to 115mm (3.54" to 4.52")
Colorwheel Graphic
Colors: black; gray; brown; white
Descriptors: flying; harmful; garden pest
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Just what I didn't need sitting on the railing in front of our potted tomatoes!!!
NOT ANOTHER PROBLEM PEASE!
Until I identified it from other photos,
this was a nice, unexpected, photo subject discovered at dusk.
Now, I'm not so happy.
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