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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Hummingbird Moth

These pictures were just taken...right at dusk....






They keep their wings pretty much in motion, like hummingbirds, so I was quite pleased to get a few pictures that weren't blurry. There were two going after the self-seeded Nicotiana....funny, I had just been thinking I needed to pull it all out. The striped colors on its body are quite eye-catching.

See, DH, what you were missing by not taking the dogs out?? Lol.

For more information on these creatures, see here....

Update: Many thanks to Dr. Roger Downer who identified this moth for me as Pink Spotted Hawk Moth (who knew) and provided this link...

The website butterfliesandmoths.org is a wealth of information and where I sent in my request for identification which was most speedily answered.

2 comments:

Randy Emmitt said...

I think I had one of these at our Night Blooming Cereus on Thursday. I photographed one on the cereus flower 2-3 years ago, it was the same. Enjoyed these photos!!

Shady Gardener said...

Wow! Great photos! I would never have known their proboscis was so long!! :-)

Missing your posts.

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