Edna Bottorff of Wolf Creek, Josephine County, Oregon, has sent me many outstanding images of adult Saturniidae, Sphingidae and Catocala from Wolf Creek.

Edna is having great success with rearing and has provided life cycle photographs of several species.

I am amazed at her patience and the quality of photos, especially of eggs and tiny early instar larvae. Her efforts will greatly assist in the identification of many species. She currently has a Catocala species laying eggs so I hope to have great images of larvae in spring of 2010.

Sphinx sequoiae male, Wolf Creek, Josephine County, Oregon,
June 29, 2009, courtesy of Edna Bottorff.

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TAXONOMY: Family: Sphingidae, Latreille, 1802 Subfamily: Sphinginae, Latreille, 1802 Tribe: Sphingini, Latreille, 1802 Genus: Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758 ........... Species: sequoiae Boisduval, 1868

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