Small-eyed Sphinx (Paonias myops)
| Madison Co., NC 7/27/12 |
| Madison Co., NC 7/29/12 |
| Watauga Co., NC 7/1/12 |
| Same individual as above, with a Virginia Creeper Sphinx (Darapsa myron) for comparison. Watauga Co., NC 7/1/12 |
| Watauga Co., NC 7/1/12 |
| Watauga Co., NC 7/2/12 |
| This richly colored small sphinx moth has a normally-hidden startling eyespot pattern on the hindwings (see bottom photo). Carroll Co., VA 7/28/07 |
| Carroll Co., VA 7/28/07 |
| Carroll Co., VA 7/28/07 |
| The startling small eyes are normally seen only in flight, as here. Carroll Co., VA 7/28/07 |