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INSECTS

Blinded Sphinx

Paonias excaecata

Insects
Native
Blinded Sphinx, photo 1 of 5
Blinded Sphinx, Caterpillar
Blinded Sphinx, Male
60–85 mmWingspan

Butterfly or moth in the family Sphingidae with a wingspan of 60–85 mm.

There are 598 observations of Blinded Sphinx in Québec, mostly in Estrie, Outaouais and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and July.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Estrie105
  2. Outaouais72
  3. Capitale-Nationale71
  4. Montérégie69
  5. Laurentides58
  6. Abitibi-Témiscamingue56
  7. Montréal38
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches23
  9. Mauricie20
  10. Lanaudière19
  11. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean19
  12. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine18
  13. Bas-Saint-Laurent14
  14. Centre-du-Québec6
  15. Côte-Nord6
  16. Laval4

What the caterpillar eats

Paper birchBetula papyrifera
Black cherryPrunus serotina
American basswoodTilia americana
Japanese flowering quinceChaenomeles japonica
American red raspberryRubus idaeus
SaskatoonAmelanchier alnifolia
Yellow birchBetula alleghaniensis
HophornbeamOstrya virginiana
Sour cherryPrunus cerasus
Carolina roseRosa carolina
American hornbeamCarpinus caroliniana
Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides

Similar species

Small-eyed SphinxPaonias myops
Twin-spotted SphinxSmerinthus jamaicensis
Walnut SphinxAmorpha juglandis
One-eyed SphinxSmerinthus cerisyi
Modest SphinxPachysphinx modesta
Lettered SphinxDeidamia inscriptum
Great Ash SphinxSphinx chersis
Polyphemus MothAntheraea polyphemus
Elm SphinxCeratomia amyntor
Virginia Creeper SphinxDarapsa myron
North American Luna MothActias luna
Five-spotted Hawk MothManduca quinquemaculatus