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Originally Posted by Nikki

ahh thanks i searched for hawk moth and came across this:

It's a Fig Sphinx (Pachylia Ficus)
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3427
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/fig.html

Nice ID work, Nikki!

FWIW, I hate moths, too, so this would have freaked me out.