Besides sporting brighter colors and patterns than the neutral tones of humble moths that flock to porchlights, hummingbird ...

The white-lined sphinx moth ( Hyles lineata) is a North American sphingid sometimes mistaken for a hummingbird as it hovers ...

The next time you’re near a patch of flowers and you think you see a hummingbird zip by, take a closer look! It just might be a hummingbird moth, a lesser-known but important pollinator. What Is a ...

Predators are far more likely to attack adult moths than caterpillars, highlighting the protective power of metamorphosis.

About 1,450 species of sphinx moths have been described worldwide and more than two dozen are native to Colorado. The most common sphinx moth in Colorado is the white-lined sphinx, Hyles lineata. Both ...

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The Moth-Off: Readers post their own photos of giant, hummingbird-like moths Sphinx moths, nearly 4 inches across and as fast as 30 mph, are out in unusual abundance this year.

While watering my rock garden, I inadvertently flushed an Achemon sphinx moth, Eumorpha achemon, which flew less than 20 feet to clutch onto a Stella D’Oro lily, where it stayed for the remai… ...

Sightings of the white-lined sphinx moth — Hyles lineata in scientific terms — have been reported “all over” Point Reyes National Seashore north of San Francisco.

Like hummingbirds, sphinx moths hover over flowers with whirring wings, they fly sideways and backward, and they zip through the air at speeds reaching 33 mph.

The White-lined Sphinx Moth is the most common and widespread of the hummingbird type of moth in North America. They are found from Central America all the way up to Canada and across most states.

Sphinx moths can be mistaken for hummingbirds, which will be more plentiful as July gives way to August because they’re migrating.