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INSECTS

Twin-spotted Sphinx

Smerinthus jamaicensis

Insects
Native
Twin-spotted Sphinx, photo 1 of 5
Twin-spotted Sphinx, Caterpillar
Twin-spotted Sphinx, Male
4.5–8.3 cmWingspan

Butterfly or moth in the family Sphingidae with a wingspan of 4.5–8.3 cm.

There are 413 observations of Twin-spotted Sphinx in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Capitale-Nationale and Estrie, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and July and become rare from August to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue107
  2. Capitale-Nationale57
  3. Estrie38
  4. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine36
  5. Bas-Saint-Laurent26
  6. Montérégie22
  7. Nord-du-Québec21
  8. Côte-Nord19
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean18
  10. Outaouais18
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches17
  12. Laurentides13
  13. Mauricie11
  14. Lanaudière9
  15. Montréal1

What the caterpillar eats

Paper birchBetula papyrifera
TOXIC
Balsam poplarPopulus balsamifera
Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides
Black cherryPrunus serotina
Bigtooth aspenPopulus grandidentata
Sour cherryPrunus cerasus
European plumPrunus domestica
ChokecherryPrunus virginiana
White ashFraxinus americana
HophornbeamOstrya virginiana
Bebb's willowSalix bebbiana
American elmUlmus americana

Similar species

One-eyed SphinxSmerinthus cerisyi
Blinded SphinxPaonias excaecata
Modest SphinxPachysphinx modesta
Walnut SphinxAmorpha juglandis
Lettered SphinxDeidamia inscriptum
Elm SphinxCeratomia amyntor
Spotted Apatelodes MothApatelodes torrefacta
Small-eyed SphinxPaonias myops
Waved SphinxCeratomia undulosa
Five-spotted Hawk MothManduca quinquemaculatus