In fact, they can be quite beneficial through pollination of many species of plants. To attract them to your garden, provide flowers with a strong, sweet scent and are white or pale in color. These fascinating little moths are not considered a threat to gardens. Hummingbird moths are found in Alaska and the Northwest Territories south through British Columbia to Oregon, east through the Great Plains and the Great Lakes area to Maine and Newfoundland, and south to Florida and Texas. They are kept curled under the head when not in use. But instead of a beak and tongue to lap the nectar, they have little straws called proboscis. The hummingbird moth will feed on a flower much like a hummingbird. Their fast, hovering wing action can sound like the buzz of a hummingbird’s wings, too. With its clear wings, body shape and size (they have a wingspan of five or more inches), the Hummingbird Moth bears an uncanny resemblance to the Hummingbird. Hummingbird moths typically visit one flower for a very short time, then dart away to find another. Just like Hummingbirds, you can typically see it flying during the day in meadows, forest edges and flower gardens. I watched the strange creature flit about the flowers in the lamp light then fly off around the house.īack inside I immediately began to research hummingbird moths. Surely enough, at close inspection I could see antennae and six legs, very un-bird-like apparati. “It’s a moth” he insisted, “a hummingbird moth”. What was a hummingbird doing out at that hour? “Look!” he instructed, and sure enough there it was, a hummingbird buzzing around in the porch light. “ What is he talking about?” I wondered as I clambered out of bed and scrambled to the back door where he stood. Weary and skeptical, I loudly replied “What!?” “A hummingbird moth” he hollered back, with excitement in his voice. The other night I lay in bed, reading in my bathrobe and about to turn off the light, when suddenly Jonathan yelled from the darkened kitchen. These are called Hummingbird Moths and also sphinx moths and hawk moths. And this is especially true if one has an eagle-eyed boyfriend who is always on the watch for creatures of any kind. During the summer late in the day or early evening you can often find what looks like a fuzzy small hummingbird at flowers in your garden. Living deep in the wilderness, one never knows what one will see.
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