Another Cramer’s Sphinx in Mount Washington

Gentle Readers,
Since the onset of COVID-19, Daniel has been overwhelmed with computer based activities, including teaching college students online and running ZOOM meetings, and to maintain mindfulness as well as having a real sense of physical accomplishment, he has eschewed all leisurely contact with the computer, including responding to and posting your many submitted identification queries, and he has instead devoted time to being in contact with the earth, his garden and the diversity of wildlife and plants that share that space with him. Please forgive his inattentions to this website he really does love so much. He has not been troubled with ill health, either physical or mental. He just feels the need to unplug, slow down and enjoy life. While it is not much to look at, this tattered Cramer’s Sphinx is the second that has visited his porch recently, the first being a much more beautiful individual in 2015, and allegedly the first local sighting in 50 years. There are only three sightings on BugGuide, so this must really be a North American rarity. In order to be certain of this identification, Daniel has consulted both Julian Donahue and Bill Oehlke.