February 11, 2020

Location: Rails to Trails, Fellsmere, I-95 footbridge

I'm known as a Streaked Sphinx moth,
You can ID me by my indented inner wing
Because my larvae love Brazilian Pepper
My numbers in Florida may be on the upswing.

Sources: Sphingidae of the United States of America - Protabulyx strigilis  (Linnaeus, 1771)

Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson