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Posted 5 Years, 2 Months ago #1
I just photographed this humming bird moth feeding on the Lobelia in my garden:

http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/web/DCP_0865.JPG

What a cool bug! It's literally the size of a humming bird, and it behaves in exactly the same way.

obROFF: Does anyone have a pattern for it?
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Posted 5 Years, 2 Months ago #2
They're common in Colorado. I frequently see them streamside. They're amazingly similar to a humming bird. A perfect example of convergent evolution.
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Posted 5 Years, 2 Months ago #3
I don't have a feeder, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did go to feeders.

After a little more research, I've determined it was a White-lined
Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata), and not strictly speaking a Humming Bird
Moth (Macroglossum stellatarum).
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/ usa/1066.htm

To make matters even more confusing, sphinx moths are also called hawk moths, and some species are often generically referred to as humming bird moths.

Sphinx moths were used in the creepy film Silence of the Lambs.
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Posted 5 Years, 2 Months ago #4
Do they go to feeders just as humming birds do, too?

Very cool creature. Thanks rw.
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