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 ...

A white-lined sphinx moth in Stinson Beach in 2023. (Courtesy of David Ogilvie) And Bruce Beyaert was lucky enough to capture these shots while out in nature.

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. Sphinx moths also sip flower nectar ...

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

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.

It is the White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata), also called the Hawk Moth or Hummingbird Moth. No matter what name you use, this is a large nectar feeding moth that looks and acts just like a ...

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 remainder of ...

Sphinx moths have been declining for the last 50 years in New England. Biologists have been documenting this ongoing ominous trend, and trying to determine which factors are driving it.

Sphinx moths can be mistaken for hummingbirds, which will be more plentiful as July gives way to August because they’re migrating. Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close.

Sphinx moths have been declining for the last 50 years in New England. Biologists have been documenting this ongoing ominous trend, and trying to determine which factors are driving it.