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Shiny Orange/Brown Flying Insect (Small-eyed Sphinx moth)

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Small-eyed Sphinx moth
by: Moni

Carrie
Your insect is a small-eyed sphinx moth. The antenna are visible in your photo of the side view...they are the light colored strips that go from the head back kind of under the wing.
This sphinx moth is found thru out North America. The larvae of this family have tails and are called the hornworms. This species feeds on birches, hawthorns, poplars, Prunus species (apples, pears, etc), and willows.
Moths fly at night and come to lights, so the reason it was just sitting there was because they do not fly during the day time.
If you had seen the underwing you would see an eye spot that gives it it's name.
Nice photos and views of this moth!!!

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