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Beekeeping, Creative Process |
Honeybees love soapwort.
This sphinx moth does too!
I took these photos on Saturday – a perfect spring weekend day if I’ve ever seen one. This sphinx moth hung around for a full half hour sucking up soapwort nectar. (Check out that proboscis!) This was an unusual sight. They’re more commonly seen at dusk. It’s interesting to me how a bird (the hummingbird) and an insect (the sphinx moth) can share such similar forms.
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Alyson B. Stanfield wrote |
June 18, 2008 @ 9:19 am |
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Laura: I was wondering what you’re up to, so thought I’d hop over here. We have these sphinx moths all day on our catmint. They are a little scary looking and, like you intimated, I first mistook it for a hummingbird.
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Laura wrote |
June 18, 2008 @ 1:01 pm |
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Ooh… you’ve got a daytime sphinx moth too? How wonderful! I’m not surprised they’re digging your catmint. It’s such a beautiful plant & the honeybees love it too. Must get some.
Laura
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