"Snag" wrote:
Frank wrote:
On 7/28/2011 9:48 PM, The Cook wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:24:34 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
wrote:

wrote:
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05517.html

Googling, this one says moth is like a humming bird. I probably
have seen them flitting about.

Yep, that's them, I seen one two days ago. They can easily be
mistaken for a hummingbird while in flight.


We have both hummingbirds and hummingbird moths that visit our
Monarda. My husband named the moths "humbugs." There are several
varieties of Hummingbird moth and the one that appears here is not
the adult hornworm.

That's what I've seen. Plants are on deck near kitchen table and I
often see things that look like hummingbirds but not quite.
Always nice to learn something new. Part of the fun of gardening.

Update , after following one of the links posted here , I have found out the
ones in my garden are actually tobacco hornworms . The giveaway is the
diagonal stripes rather than V shaped on their sides .
I'll be checkin' on thses morning and evening for a while ... since that
same article said they prefer to feed at dawn/dusk .

Mine are also tobacco hornworms. But for names sake there does not seem to
be that much different. Even thou I called them Tomato Horn worms. So let
the flame wars begin

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)