DSC_8923-2R2 White-lined Sphinx Moth
This is a White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata). They are also called the Hummingbird Moth. There were several of them feeding on the Giant Hyssops flowers (Agastache cana) here in the Chatfield Farms section of the Denver Botanic Gardens in Littleton, Colorado on this day.
Literature indicates that they feed near the end of the day, but we saw them in early afternoon.
As adults, they locate flowers for the nectar using both their olfactory and visual senses. They procure the nectar using their long proboscis.
DSC_8923-2R2 White-lined Sphinx Moth
This is a White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata). They are also called the Hummingbird Moth. There were several of them feeding on the Giant Hyssops flowers (Agastache cana) here in the Chatfield Farms section of the Denver Botanic Gardens in Littleton, Colorado on this day.
Literature indicates that they feed near the end of the day, but we saw them in early afternoon.
As adults, they locate flowers for the nectar using both their olfactory and visual senses. They procure the nectar using their long proboscis.