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Aug 6, 2014 12:50 PM CST
Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
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Wow! that was fast and furious.
Dave and Ann you were both close, but I think Janet nailed it.

http://www.butterfliesandmoths...

The Walnut Sphinx looks right although the picture shown is a little lighter then mine. but it says that they are variable in color and I do have a Pecan nearby which is one of their larval hosts.
Thank you everyone, it sure is an interesting moth.
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