In article >,
says...
>
> On Wed, 23 May 2012 16:48:37 -0700, wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 20 May 2012 18:11:50 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >The New York Times is asking for pictures of the wildlife you have
> > >visit you in your yard.
> > >
> > >You can submit a photo and see what has been submitted here.
> > >
> > >http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/s...tos.html#index
> > >
> > >Sheldon could send them some good pictures of his menagerie.
> > >
> > >Some of the pictures are amazing.
> >
> > I submitted one last night. First photo on the first page. Woot!! Woot
> > For now at least until a better photo is submitted.
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/s...603b601b000055
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/8xmbrg2
> >
> That's a hummingbird moth? I've never heard of that, much less seen
> one. Are they common down there? Mom lived in Ramona for 25-30 years
> and she never mentioned them.

They're commonplace in North Florida. They're night flyers though, not
day flyers, so you seldom see them. Shine a light on the flowerbed at
night though and you see all these glowing eyes that if you get close
you realize are from moths that are pretty much the same size and shape
as hummingbirds and are doing pretty much what hummingbirds do.

I see them during the day all the time here in WI. If you look at the pic and notice the flower. I don't know what you call the flower but it has a citrussy smell. I'll see a hummingbird moth one out four times I pass a cluster of those flowers on my road. Cool critter.

On 8/19/2012 8:43 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On Wed, 23 May 2012 16:48:37 -0700, wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 20 May 2012 18:11:50 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> The New York Times is asking for pictures of the wildlife you have
>>>> visit you in your yard.
>>>>
>>>> You can submit a photo and see what has been submitted here.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/s...tos.html#index
>>>>
>>>> Sheldon could send them some good pictures of his menagerie.
>>>>
>>>> Some of the pictures are amazing.
>>>
>>> I submitted one last night. First photo on the first page. Woot!! Woot
>>> For now at least until a better photo is submitted.
>>>
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/s...603b601b000055
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/8xmbrg2
>>>
>> That's a hummingbird moth? I've never heard of that, much less seen
>> one. Are they common down there? Mom lived in Ramona for 25-30 years
>> and she never mentioned them.
>
> They're commonplace in North Florida. They're night flyers though, not
> day flyers, so you seldom see them. Shine a light on the flowerbed at
> night though and you see all these glowing eyes that if you get close
> you realize are from moths that are pretty much the same size and shape
> as hummingbirds and are doing pretty much what hummingbirds do.
>
>
Hummingbird moths are not all night fliers (although most moths are). I
saw a Carolina wren wrestling with a hummingbird moth last week on my
patio. The moth was interested in creeping phlox that borders my patio.
The Carolina wren tried to eat the moth! The moth was just about as
big as the wren. It managed to escape.

Jill