Kebnat
INSECTS

Waved Sphinx

Ceratomia undulosa

Insects
Native
Waved Sphinx, Adult
Waved Sphinx, Caterpillar
Waved Sphinx, Caterpillar

Butterfly or moth in the family Sphingidae. Lives in forests and in conifers.

There are 411 observations of Waved Sphinx in Québec, mostly in Estrie, Outaouais and Abitibi-Témiscamingue, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and July and become rare from September to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Estrie112
  2. Outaouais54
  3. Abitibi-Témiscamingue53
  4. Montérégie38
  5. Capitale-Nationale36
  6. Laurentides24
  7. Montréal18
  8. Mauricie17
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches15
  10. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean15
  11. Lanaudière12
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent9
  13. Côte-Nord4
  14. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine3
  15. Laval1

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
ConifersCephas

What the caterpillar eats

White ashFraxinus americana
Black ashFraxinus nigra
White oakQuercus alba
Northern red oakQuercus rubra
Common lilacSyringa vulgaris
Trumpet creeperCampsis radicans
Green ashFraxinus pennsylvanica
TOXIC
European privetLigustrum vulgare
European ashFraxinus excelsior

Similar species

Great Ash SphinxSphinx chersis
Elm SphinxCeratomia amyntor
Five-spotted Hawk MothManduca quinquemaculatus
Northern Pine SphinxLapara bombycoides
Walnut SphinxAmorpha juglandis
Pawpaw SphinxDolba hyloeus
Modest SphinxPachysphinx modesta
Northern Apple SphinxSphinx poecila
Laurel SphinxSphinx kalmiae
Blinded SphinxPaonias excaecata
North American Luna MothActias luna
Carpenterworm MothPrionoxystus robiniae