Hummingbird Moth

[RobAmy]

Taken yesterday at the pond. I am not sure of the plant, if someone knows that would be great.

 

[Lisak1]

Obedient plant - the hummingbird moth loves ours, too. And the frogs? Love the hummingbird moths!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

We had Hummingbird Moths everywhere a couple summers ago. It even made the news there were so many in our area. Haven't seen any this year.

 

[Mmathis]

Nice shot! We had some vining plant -- can't recall the name, darn it! -- a few years ago that bloomed at night.....moon vine, maybe? Anyway, that was the first time we ever saw moths that huge! I want to say the ones we saw were white, or very light colored. Fascinating!

 

[sissy]

I have lots of them here but I thought they looked more like a lobster

 

[j.w]

Beautiful photo Rob. I have only seen one of those lovely creatures once here. Can't remember if it was on my hanging baskets of Fuchsias or on my wonderfully smelling Brugmansia's.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Beautiful picture I have never seen or even heard of the hummingbird moth. Very interesting.

 

[addy1]

We have tons of them here, really fun to watch.

 

[addy1]

Taken yesterday at the pond. I am not sure of the plant, if someone knows that would be great.

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One of the plants I sent to you in the bog box. Grows great, by runners and seeds, blooming great right now.

 

[RobAmy]

One of the plants I sent to you in the bog box. Grows great, by runners and seeds, blooming great right now.

Very nice looking plant, thank you. The hummingbirds check it out too

 

[RobAmy]

I have lots of them here but I thought they looked more like a lobster

Funny, they do have a lobster tail

 

[Fishylove]

Never seen one here working on more plants to attract butterflies and hummingbirds; native plants! I have seen more honey bees this year, still not enough in my opinion! But, I have seen tons of mason bees and am working on making houses for them to store their larvae for the winter. They are solitary bees, making only enough food to store with each larvae to feed them until they emerge in the spring. Really a very neat creature, and a good pollinator.

 

[Fishylove]

@adaddy I've noticed a new plant in the bog that must have come from you. Was wondering if you may recognize it. It smells like a type of mint, but is spreading by runners, sorta like a vine but not as aggressive. I have a wild mint, but not in the bog and it doesn't look like this. I'll get a picture to post.

 

[Fishylove]

@addy1

Crawling along the rocks there

 

[addy1]

That looks like mint, mine is blooming purple flowers right now, the bees love it.