So, I walk out to the tree and shrub nursery to see how the new seedlings are comin' along, and I see this really small hummingbird workin' the red clover that has popped up...but it isn't a hummingbird...or at least I don't think so. It has no fear of me and let's me walk right up to it. Damn, this is really a new one for me, so I run and get the cam to shoot a vid.
Well, I just met my first
White-lined Sphinx Hummingbird Moth. I think the neatest part is the length of it's probascis. It pokes and probes the flower as it works around the perimeter, then jets off to work the next flower. Way cool.
