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emerged from pupa found Aug 30: rdf4655

this moth flapped around, but didn't land before escaping the light. It was probably twice as large as the Hagen's Sphinx that was also present.

Caught a Whiptail lizard

House Finch on the left with Purple Finch on the right - I love the side-by-side comparison.

Pretty much identical to the 5th instar ID at https://www.oregon.gov/oda/shared/Documents/Publications/IPPM/StinkBugGuide.pdf

mantis fight

new
this observation on BG: https://bugguide.net/node/view/2226440

https://bugguide.net/node/view/382863
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=4837

What a gorgeous moth!
New

On left...

This is a best guess, tentatively suggested here as the ID. It was suggested to me, and I can't find a better match. I thought with the tusk-like palps I could figure it out, but it's a hard one.