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Apple Sphinx

Sphinx gordius

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 9, February 9, March 15, April 29, May 57, June 26, July 20, August 18, September 19, October 16, November 10, December 9.
United States859
Canada330
Ontario237
Massachusetts218
Michigan196
New York83
New Jersey67
Minnesota47
Colorado37
Rhode Island35

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilySphinx Moths · Sphingidae
GenusSphinx

Sources

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Practise Apple Sphinx with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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