Back in August into September there were several hummingbird moths in my garden, mostly at dusk. A few times I saw a hummer chase a moth, but never the reverse.

There are more than one kind of hummingbird moth but Ive never seen one chase a hummer usually the other way around but in nature you just never know. Anyway this is the kind I had around for a while. This is a white lined sphinx hummingbird moth.

Here is a link that might be useful: hummingbird sphinx moth

Steve, that is the same moth as what I had. One hummer tried to chase it off and the moth went after the hummer and I was afraid it was going to kill the hummer. Whenever a hummer tried to come in the garden that thing went after them and chased them off.

I also worry that next year the hummers won't come back to my garden because of that moth. Also, I'm sure it will reproduce and I'll have the moths again next summer.

Last weekend we had frost here in WI and since then the hummers and moth have disappeared. I'm sure they have migrated to much warmer climates.

Monica

Besides the sphinx moth I also had the clearwing moth in my gardens. Since the hummingbird can fly in all directions in which a moth cannot I would not worry about them harming the hummers.

But I can tell that it does bother you so I looked up the info from an expert . At journey north they have a question and answer page and that question is asked and I will let you read what Lanny had to say about it. Just scroll down to Montana.

Here is a link that might be useful: journey north