Cute pictures Pepeuve!! I love hummingbirds!

Great photos Pepeuve that's really neat.

Pug it's actually a Hawk moth but they do resemble hummers. If you have ever found a Tomato or tobacco hornworm, those big green caterpillars you have seen the larval stage of a hawk moth. We used to find the caterpillars in the garden but I don't think I have seen an adult more than once or twice.

Mike

Wow! I just adore that second photo. What a cool visitor. And it makes me feel so peaceful looking at Hoyas against the dusky lilac skyline.

Last year: June,13,2010

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Wow, you can even see the antennae in that last picture. It really does look like a feathery little bird the way it holds its body as it comes in for a landing.

Awesome pictures. Very interesting. Mother Nature at work!

Sorry, I need to caption the first of the second set of pictures.

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Tee hee. It is so cute. I love large moths. However, I really despise clothes moths. *shakes fist at them* I wish I could see more large moths and more butterflies. Don't see them nearly enough in the city.

I'm a butterfly and moth lover too. Last year, a hummingbird moth frequented a hanging basket of lantana and portulaca. It just loved the lantana. Makes me wonder what will visit my hoyas when they bloom!

Quinn, by any chance have you seen any Luna Moths? They're my favorite moth! They're endangered from what I understand like Monarch butterflies (loss of habitat). If you had room, you could always plant a butterfly bush. I remember someone on here had a picture of a Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on their lacunosa :) .

Brad AKA Moonwolf

Brad a couple years ago on a camping trip in the Boreal forest I saw a Luna moth caterpillar. That caterpillar was incredible because it was very bright green and translucent so it looked like it was glowing from within. My friends had seen an adult moth resting on their then on a previous trip. I am still hoping to see an Atlas moth but they seem to be quite rare as well.

A monarch from a few years ago just after unfurling it's wings out in the garden.

One thing to remember if you want to see more butterflies and moths is to make sure that there are larval host plants as well as nectar plants for the adults. I think everyone should have an Asclepiad tuberosa or another native milkweed species in their garden but other plants like Aristolochia, Dill and Fennel are important larval host plants.
When we did the landscaping at my sisters new house I made sure to select as many butterfly nectar plants as possible plus a few host plants. The only time I have seen a hawk moth was when I had a big collection of Datura and Brugmansia plants and a moth would come visit them when the fragrance started come nightfall.

Mike