Can anyone name this moth?

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sparc

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Saw this moth on our deck the other day.
Never saw one like it around here (Southern NJ) before.

Body is about 1.5 inches long and almost a half inch in diameter
at the widest part. Wing span about 2.5 inches

SNAG-0000 9-9-2012 4.21.50 PM.jpg
 
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White lined sphinx moth.
 
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We nick-named them "Humming bugs" because they are similar to a hummingbird. Pretty neat.
 
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One summer several years back one would come to a certain flower we had in a bed. Lost the flowers in a move and haven't seen a moth like that since. My wife has looked for those kind of flowers since and found some and got seeds just this past Friday. I hope that brings those moths back. Now I can tell her what the name of it was: Fred.
 
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Thats a hummingbird moth, They are harmless, but kind of cool:

 

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