While watering my rock garden, I inadvertently flushed an Achemon sphinx moth, Eumorpha achemon, which flew less than 20 feet to clutch onto a Stella D'Oro lily, where it stayed for the remainder of ...

Achemon sphinx moths are the smallest in the genus Eumorpha, but are large in comparison to moths in general. They have a body length of up to 2 inches and wingspans from 3.4 to 3.8 inches.

Achemon sphinx moths are the smallest in the genus Eumorpha, but are large in comparison to moths in general. They have a body length of up to 2 inches and wingspans from 3.4 to 3.8 inches.