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Hummingbird Sphinx Moth

6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago

This insect is the one that usually pollinates my hoyas
Its spirit (tongue) is as long as its body.
I took the photos from my terrace two different days.
In one summer it poninated 9 of my flowers that became beautiful pods.





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  • 6 years ago

    Sphinx moths are very cool, even if the larvae are the dreaded tomato (or tobacco) hornworm. I don't mind either of them as I quit growing tomatoes and never grew tobacco (HAHA). If they attack my Datura, more power to them.

    Here is one I stalked while my wife was in a shop in Sedona, AZ back in 2007.

    At my mother's house where I had to use a flash to catch the action - it was dusk.


    a clearwing or bumblebee moth feeding on an Abelia bloom. The wings are beating so fast and clear that you can't even see them.


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