Early fall brings an amazing insect to our flower gardens across the United States. It is the White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata), also called the Hawk Moth or Hummingbird Moth. No matter what ...

Equally well named are the sphinx or hawk moths, important pollinators that hover like hummingbirds when nectar-feeding at dusk and even in daylight. The caterpillars of both ...

white-lined sphinx, slender clearwing, and hummingbird clearwing." The two most well-known moths are the tomato hornworm and the tobacco hornworm, but they have a bad reputation as caterpillars.

It is the White-lined Sphinx ... has many more moths. The adults usually don’t survive winter. After mating, the females will lay eggs, which hatch into large green caterpillars with a single ...