This year has been a good one for seeing White Lined Sphinx Hummingbird Moths. On Tuesday when I got home from work, this one was feeding from the Marigolds and Zinnias in one garden and then moved on to another of my gardens. I liked this image as it was a bit different due to the fact that it was facing me. You can see it's very long probocis. They are often mistaken for Hummingbirds because of their fairly large size and the fact that they hover at flowers in the same way.
It's Friday, TGIF! This a picture from this past spring of a Sphinx Moth enjoying the Lilacs back when we used to get rain. Sigh. Anyway, I chose this image for today due to it's bokeh because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
My Surprise Lilies really surprised me this year. About 3 of them came up and I thought that would be it. We had a rain about a week and a half ago and a whole bunch more popped up. The Sphinx Moths were really enjoying them and were quickly flitting about and dipping inside for some nectar. It was fairly difficult to capture one but I managed a few good shots.
Last week I was about to go outside and I saw this Sphinx Moth flying around my Day Lilies. I ran inside to get my camera and was lucky enough that it was still there and I was able to capture some photos of it. I usually don't see them around when it's so sunny out.
My Surprise Lilies/Naked Ladies whatever you call them were blooming very well recently and really drawing in various types of nature. One that came to visit several times was this Sphinx Moth. I saw an actual Hummingbird Moth one evening too but did not have a camera and it was getting fairly dark. I was pretty happy with how this image turned out.
