Can someone tell me...

[freakofnature]

...what species of moth this is? Sorry about the poor picture quality. I took it with my phone while at work. Never seen one of these before and I'd be interested in knowing what kind it is.

 

[Guyzerr]

I can... I can....

It's called a Vashti sphinx moth.

 

[Ryder]

Its the squishable type.

 

[freakofnature]

I can... I can....

It's called a Vashti sphinx moth.

Really? I Googled it and none of those looked like the one in my pic. :unsure:

 

[freakofnature]

Its the squishable type.

Why would you want to squish something beautiful like that?

 

[Peter Parka]

I'm not an expert, especially on Canadian moths but it looks like some kind of hawk moth to me.

 

[Guyzerr]

Really? I Googled it and none of those looked like the one in my pic. :unsure:

Oh ye of little faith..............

http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/butterflies_and_moths.html

 

[freakofnature]

Oh ye of little faith..............

http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/butterflies_and_moths.html

Well, I don't know much about moths. How much variation is allowed? Compared to that one mine has purple on the wings and no spots on the body. The overall shape is the same, though.

 

[Guyzerr]

Well, I don't know much about moths. How much variation is allowed? Compared to that one mine has purple on the wings and no spots on the body. The overall shape is the same, though.

I ain't no bug guy bit if you look at the pic in the link I gave it's very very very close. Maybe the difference is in the age of the thing.

I Googled this to find it... " moths in saskatchewan ".

 

[Guyzerr]

Now that I look closer I'm thinkin' it isn't the same.

 

[skyblue]

never squish things that wont hurt you

 

[Tuffdisc]

Try this site http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/pdfs/index_e.php

It seems they have a huge collection, I can't say for certain which one it is due to the fact I can't download them all due to the restriction on my internet, hope you do understand

The only problem is that they seem to have Latin names, but you can easily wiki one to get the non-Latin name for it, I suppose

 

[Tuffdisc]

Sorry, not Latin, but scientific name

 

[pinkporridge]

i found a sight that shows you the shape of the moth. That site told me Sphinx.

does this lok like your moth?

 

[pinkporridge]

If that is the one.. its called a Modest Sphinx

do i get tokenz?!?

 

[Tuffdisc]

Probably also known as a hawk moth

 

[Tuffdisc]

Aye, it is the modest sphinx, very modest, lol

 

[Peter Parka]

I'm not an expert, especially on Canadian moths but it looks like some kind of hawk moth to me.

Probably also known as a hawk moth

:thumbup

 

[JanieDough]

Why would you want to squish something beautiful like that?

:homo:

 

[freakofnature]

i found a sight that shows you the shape of the moth. That site told me Sphinx.

does this lok like your moth?

If that is the one.. its called a Modest Sphinx

do i get tokenz?!?

Oooo! That's actually a perfect match! Cool. :thumbup I suppose I could spare a few tokenz.