Vashti sphinx
Sphinx vashti
The Vashti sphinx is a moth from western North America. Its front wings are grey, and its back wings are black with white bands. It belongs to the sphinx moths, also called hawk moths.
Lives in
Western North America, from Canada down to California, Arizona and Texas
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a moth that cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat snowberry and coralberry, two bushes that grow berries.
How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
Vashti sphinx about 45 km/h (28 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
No two look quite alike. Some are pale grey and some very dark grey, and their wings can be bigger or smaller.
2
A row of black dashes runs along each front wing, and the top one reaches right to the wing tip.
3
It has just one generation a year.
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Most asked questions about Vashti sphinx
?Where does the Vashti sphinx live?
In western North America, from British Columbia and Manitoba in Canada down to California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
?What does the Vashti sphinx eat?
Its caterpillars eat the snowberry and coralberry bushes.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Sphinx vashti
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Sphingidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Sphinx vashti (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Didier Descouens. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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