Moth ID?

[Chunk]

I think this is a newly emerged moth but I don't know whot kind. It's feelers were still tucked back below the leading edge of the wings. It was clinging on the side of a gas station in Georgia a couple weeks ago.

[paulnj]

Quite a cool looking moth indeed, but.....

MAYBE Almo, can ID it, because I surely can't without alot of resaearch.

[almo]

Tersa Sphinx, Xylophanes tersa

The "Feelers" as you put it are commonly tucked down in this species. They are a nocturnal moth and therefore do not typically keep them errect during daylight hours. Also the one you have here is typical of a fully formed adult. It is far from newly emerged.

Thanks for sharing!

[paulnj]

THANX Almo! I am not a bug chaser yet, though I have been know to photograph a few here and there ;)

[almo]

No problem brody ;)

[Chunk]

Thanks Almo. I hadn't seen that shape of wing before. I hadn't even realized that I had used our childhood name for antennae.

[almo]

Thanks Almo. I hadn't seen that shape of wing before. I hadn't even realized that I had used our childhood name for antennae.

;)