Wow, those are rare here :-)

I had one of those during the 'year of rain' in 2007. He was all over my Purple Prince Zinnia. I haven't been able to find the picture that an entomologist was kind enough to ID for me.

He is loving your duranta, isn't he????

Nice photo! I've seen them too. Being protected from predators by their resemblance to bumblebees they fly in the daytime, not evenings as other hummingbird moths do. In fact that's how I saw my first one. I was watching bumblebees working over some flowering plants and all of a sudden I saw this one that was slightly different. Honeysuckle is one of the host plants for larvae. Thanks for posting!

thank you!