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August 29, 2010
Slurping away on an Angel Trumpet...
After chasing this rather plump sphinx moth around for a half hour tonight, I was finally able to snap a photo of it slurping away on a bloom from one of my Brugmansia seedlings.
This was not a small bloom so can imagine the size of this gal. Sphinx moths are also called hummingbird moths because they mimic a hummingbird and are often mistaken for the same.
I have several varieties of sphinx moths that frequent my Angel Trumpets. This particular moth is called a Rustic Sphinx and it is a warm weather sphinx that is typically only found in the southern temperate states.
This was not a small bloom so can imagine the size of this gal. Sphinx moths are also called hummingbird moths because they mimic a hummingbird and are often mistaken for the same.I have several varieties of sphinx moths that frequent my Angel Trumpets. This particular moth is called a Rustic Sphinx and it is a warm weather sphinx that is typically only found in the southern temperate states.I was chasing three different sphinx moths around tonight and each one had a different eye color. Their eyes act like reflectors when you shine a headlamp on them . It is sort or eerie to see the brightly colored eyes bouncing around in the darkness.
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