Lettered Sphinx, Deidamia inscripta
Photos by Claire Curry
All photos are of the same pair.
This mating pair (female above and male below) looked like a dead leaf at first glance. Then Kathy Saucier came over and noticed what they really were - sphinx moths! March 17, 2006, Unit 71, Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands, Wise County, Texas |
Even the underside of the wings is pretty. March 17, 2006, Unit 71, Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands, Wise County, Texas |
They were perched on a briar stem near the bottom of a wooded ravine on a cool (mid 50°s F) and cloudy afternoon. March 17, 2006, Unit 71, Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands, Wise County, Texas |
Kathy put her finger under the moth and it flared its antennae and perched on her. March 17, 2006, Unit 71, Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands, Wise County, Texas |