Chirp on Reels

Chirp chirp. Sound on for this one! Meet an adult gaudy sphinx, Eumorpha labruscae. It may not be quite as peculiar as its snake-mimicking and horn-wagging larval stage, but it certainly still stands out! Forest green, brilliant false eyespots on its hind wings, and… and... it chirps like crazy every time we try to move it! We have read about tiger moths, sphinx moths, and others making ultrasonic sounds to protect them in various ways from bat predation, but I had no idea that any species made