Thanks! I'm used to seeing the White-lined Sphinx here, but this is the first Vine Sphinx I've ever seen. I wish we had more for it to nectar on, but with the drought we're in Stage 3 water restriction, so there's not much I can do.
I tried repeatedly to edit this post to add information about this moth as given at http://bugguide.net/, which is how I identified the moth, but the edit additions did not "stick." Haven't had this problem before, so not sure what's going on. Anyway, for more info and more images, check out:
We're used to dry Augusts...that's not the problem...the problem is the preceding months and months of dry. In the old days (up to about 2000) May was our wettest month, and we usually had at least one good rain in June or July, sometimes both. So we came into August with deep soil water. Not this year
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I'm glad you enjoy the pictures. It's been so hot and so dry, and I've been so involved with my husband's health problems that I haven't been out photographing as much as I "should." When I get more photos up (it will probably be on the 80acresonline blog, as it's so much easier to upload images there) I'll post a notice here and on Twitter.
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Absolutely beautiful.
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The White-lined Sphinx is common here but I am way to far north for the Vine Sphinx. Sigh.
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