How Do You Spot A Hummingbird Moth?
Many creatures in the animal kingdom can mimic, or look like other creatures. A species of a moth known as the hummingbird moth looks similar to the bird of the same name. Here’s how to spot a hummingbird moth in your flower garden. Buy a butterfly and moth field guide for color photographs and identification techniques. Look under the section that has sphinx moths. Identify flowers a hummingbird moth prefers. Hummingbird moths, better known as sphinx moths, prefer tubular flowers such as trumpet vine, honeysuckle and nasturtium. Other flowers and plants from which hummingbird moths feed are ash trees, oak trees, apple blossoms and grape blossoms. Look for the long proboscis and quick flying that make the hummingbird moth similar to the bird. A hummingbird moth will also buzz similar to a hummingbird if it happens to fly by your head. Find hornworms, the larval stage of a hummingbird moth. Look for hornworms on tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. These hornworms will turn into hummingbird
