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How did this guy get into my kitchen?

Found inside house on wall by doorjam.

male excavating nest cavity

Saundersville Peninsula Moth Survey

Second one found for the day.

The bush on the edge of the yard facing west has tons of these plant bugs. The others don't seem to be infested. Maybe it is a stress thing.

Possibly my favorite Sphinx

Saw a few throughout the day.

Pupated July 3 2023. Eclosed this morning. Still in process. In outside enclosure.

Found this larvae in the kitchen sink

First spotted him/her in the nest box on the 6th. A white wing dove flushed him out of the red oak.

Saw lots in bloom along a creek.

very dead and very full of something. looks like white fungus maybe? coming out of the ventral side.

Dead, infected with entomopathogenic fungus

Dead or zombified. Glued to leaf of paw paw sapling about 1m off ground. Fungus?

Appears to be possibly affected by some form of fungus