FOUND IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA

During a recent trip to Lake Schultz in northern Minnesota we found this guy hanging out on the shed.



Smerinthus cerisyi, the One-eyed Sphinx or Cerisy's Sphinx, (wingspan approximately 95mm) closely resembles Smerinthus jamaicensis, and in northern regions the two species overlap. Smerinthus cerisyi is found in the southern regions of all Canadian provinces (all of B. C. and Alberta) and in northern border states south into northern Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio. The One-eyed Sphinx is also found along the U.S. west coast to southern California, eastward to the Rockies and into western New Mexico north to western North Dakota. Specimens have also been taken in Illinois and as far south as Missouri in central U.S.