Comments on: Oleander Hawk-Moth http://www.drkrishi.com/oleander-hawk-moth taking a wild shot at life Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:23:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eleanor Hjemmet http://www.drkrishi.com/oleander-hawk-moth/comment-page-1#comment-21491 Eleanor Hjemmet Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:24:46 +0000 http://www.drkrishi.com/?p=1307#comment-21491 Thanks for your kind response and the helpful link! My Peterson Guide to Insects does NOT have this moth! Nor two other smaller books I own. I did get in touch with an entymologist who had spoken at a Wildlife event I attended here at the beautiful Roan Mountain State Park. He linked me to great photos of Eumorpha Pandorus... which was indeed the very moth I had. My concern was not to keep it so long in the house that it died! SO my heart was happy when I could set her free! The variety does indeed seem to be a very close cousin! No "eye spots" on the upper wings. I was amazed to see how the wing pattern on my moth was identical to photos of the Pandora Sphynx. When I found YOUR lovely photographs I thought there was variation in moth patterns as we see in snake pattern, but apparently NOT! Thanks again. I love your photographs. It was a fun journey of learning! With all best wishes, Ellie Hjemmet Thanks for your kind response and the helpful link! My Peterson Guide to Insects does NOT have this moth! Nor two other smaller books I own. I did get in touch with an entymologist who had spoken at a Wildlife event I attended here at the beautiful Roan Mountain State Park. He linked me to great photos of Eumorpha Pandorus… which was indeed the very moth I had. My concern was not to keep it so long in the house that it died! SO my heart was happy when I could set her free! The variety does indeed seem to be a very close cousin! No “eye spots” on the upper wings. I was amazed to see how the wing pattern on my moth was identical to photos of the Pandora Sphynx. When I found YOUR lovely photographs I thought there was variation in moth patterns as we see in snake pattern, but apparently NOT! Thanks again. I love your photographs. It was a fun journey of learning!

With all best wishes,
Ellie Hjemmet

]]> By: Krishna Mohan http://www.drkrishi.com/oleander-hawk-moth/comment-page-1#comment-21490 Krishna Mohan Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:45:20 +0000 http://www.drkrishi.com/?p=1307#comment-21490 Dear Ellie Hjemmet, I have read a lot about Great Valley and I wish to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee National Forest at least once in my life time. Good to hear from somebody so far off. You may not have Oleander Hawk moth there but cousins of that moth do exist in your region. Check this web page for extensive list of hawk moths of USA - <a href="http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy/Sphingidae" rel="nofollow">http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy/Sphingidae</a> Thanks for visiting my blog and commenting. Keep coming back Regards Krishna mohan Dear Ellie Hjemmet,
I have read a lot about Great Valley and I wish to visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee National Forest at least once in my life time. Good to hear from somebody so far off. You may not have Oleander Hawk moth there but cousins of that moth do exist in your region. Check this web page for extensive list of hawk moths of USA – http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy/Sphingidae
Thanks for visiting my blog and commenting. Keep coming back
Regards
Krishna mohan

]]> By: Krishna Mohan http://www.drkrishi.com/oleander-hawk-moth/comment-page-1#comment-21487 Krishna Mohan Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:31:25 +0000 http://www.drkrishi.com/?p=1307#comment-21487 Dear Lorraine, Thanks for visiting my site. Oleander hawk Moth does not exist in Canada, but there are other hawk moths which are similar to this. Check out this nice site on moths of Canada. Here is the link for the Bombycoidea Family of moths from Canada<a href="http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/misc_moths/phps/bom_e.php" rel="nofollow"> http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/misc_moths/phps/bom_e.php</a> Keep coming back Regards Krishna mohan Dear Lorraine,
Thanks for visiting my site. Oleander hawk Moth does not exist in Canada, but there are other hawk moths which are similar to this. Check out this nice site on moths of Canada. Here is the link for the Bombycoidea Family of moths from Canada http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/misc_moths/phps/bom_e.php
Keep coming back
Regards
Krishna mohan

]]> By: Lorraine http://www.drkrishi.com/oleander-hawk-moth/comment-page-1#comment-21484 Lorraine Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:56:15 +0000 http://www.drkrishi.com/?p=1307#comment-21484 Hi i am from Toronto,Ontario Canada I took a picture of one in my back yard July 27 2011. It was about the size of my hand. lime green and looks just like the picture. In the beautiful beaches of Toronto. I dont think this moth is suppose to be here either. But it is. What a wonderful moth. Hi i am from Toronto,Ontario Canada
I took a picture of one in my back yard July 27 2011.
It was about the size of my hand.
lime green and looks just like the picture.
In the beautiful beaches of Toronto.
I dont think this moth is suppose to be here either. But it is.
What a wonderful moth.

]]> By: Eleanor Hjemmet http://www.drkrishi.com/oleander-hawk-moth/comment-page-1#comment-21425 Eleanor Hjemmet Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:46:11 +0000 http://www.drkrishi.com/?p=1307#comment-21425 Thank you so much for publishing your photo. This moth appears to be the same kind of moth I have just photographed on my phone camera. I live at 3600 ft. elevation on a mountain in east Tennessee, USA. IF what I have is an Oleander Hawk moth, it is NOT supposed to be here! All I can find online is that it is indigenous to India and migrates to Europe. We are FAR out of that range! I heard it fluttering loudly late at night (after midnight) near my bed and woke to find it on the window jamb. It is the same size as described for the Oleander Hawk moth, body approximately 4.8 mm head to tail. I have not opened it's wings. Folded the wings measure 7 mm from tip to tip. This is fascinating to me, and I will do further research. When I find out how to post the picture from my phone I would be proud to email you a copy for reference. Thank you again for your lovely photograph. This is indeed a very interesting and lovely creature! Ellie Hjemmet in the beautiful mountains of East Tennessee USA Thank you so much for publishing your photo. This moth appears to be the same kind of moth I have just photographed on my phone camera. I live at 3600 ft. elevation on a mountain in east Tennessee, USA. IF what I have is an Oleander Hawk moth, it is NOT supposed to be here! All I can find online is that it is indigenous to India and migrates to Europe. We are FAR out of that range! I heard it fluttering loudly late at night (after midnight) near my bed and woke to find it on the window jamb. It is the same size as described for the Oleander Hawk moth, body approximately 4.8 mm head to tail. I have not opened it’s wings. Folded the wings measure 7 mm from tip to tip.
This is fascinating to me, and I will do further research. When I find out how to post the picture from my phone I would be proud to email you a copy for reference. Thank you again for your lovely photograph. This is indeed a very interesting and lovely creature!
Ellie Hjemmet
in the beautiful mountains of East Tennessee USA

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