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hummingbird sphinx moth

July 27, 2021 by Dave Bonta

Cool beginning to a hot day. I can’t stop watching the hummingbird sphinx moths, their retractable drinking straws as quick as thought.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags hummingbird sphinx moth
July 22, 2021 by Dave Bonta

Goldfinches go on chittering the entire time I sit outside, poring over a trail map. One hummingbird sphinx moth works the bergamot.

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Categories Plummer's Hollow Tags American goldfinch, bergamot, hummingbird sphinx moth
May 23, 2009 by Dave Bonta

The lilacs are fading fast. Where did the spring go? A hummingbird moth pays court to the dame’s-rockets—the new avatars of purple scent.

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