Found this moth outside our door today when I got home from work. Live in eastern WA. Any ideas? It sure is cool looking!



Thanks.

Jeff

Jeff,
I have no answer for you but I believe I have seen the same moth here in western NY

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Jeff, it's a Virgina Creeper.

birdlegs
zone 5
S.E. Lower MI.

Jeff, Penny, Sandy - there are several sphinx moths that are very similar in appearance. I think that Jeff's find is actually a One-eyed Sphinx Moth (Smerinthus cerisyi) which has a range that includes the state of Washington. The range of the Virginia Creeper doesn't extend that far west. Take a close look at the markings on the wings to confirm. I've linked below to BugGuide.net for each species

One-eyed Sphinx Moth images
http://bugguide.net/node/view/24880

Virginia Creeper images for comparison:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3568

Great shot, Jeff! That's an impressive-looking moth

Bud
Southwest Ohio
USDA Plant Zone 6a

Camera: Pentax K20D
Lens: Pentax DA*300 f/4, Sigma 180 f/3.5 Macro
There's 1 or 2 more hummingbird / butterfly pics located here...
http://www.pbase.com/budohio

Thanks, it sure looks like the pics of the one-eyed sphinx moth. I think we have an ID!

Jeff

I found this guy sitting on a firespike leaf a couple of weeks ago. I believe it's a Pandorus Sphinx Moth.



Last week, this Hummingbird Clearwing visited a plumbago while I was weeding the flower bed.







Steve Backes
Valrico, FL (east of Tampa)
http://mysite.verizon.net/resu64md/yardhummers/
http://floridahummingbirds.net/
http://floridahummingbirds.proboards.com/

Some what similar to this moth in Colombia which may be Adhemarius tegrina.