08-11-2013, 10:50 AM
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Location: Penticton, BC, Okanagan Valley, Canada
Zone: Hardiness Zone 6
Name: Olaf
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Re: What is blooming in your garden today (other plants)?
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Originally Posted by Illia
It's a White Lined Sphinx moth, Hyles lineata.  A lot of people call them hummingbird or hawkmoths due to their love of hovering around and drinking nectar from flowers at night, creating a heavy buzzing noise with their wings. |
Thank you, Ilia,
when I first noticed that "thing", it was getting pretty dark and I first thought it was a
hummingbird on a "late night out in town", but it seemed to be sitting down, not hovering.
Well, the camera resolved that part of it and you provided the proper ID.
The surprising part to me was that it did not appear to be affected by the flashes
of the camera at all. I took quite a few photos, because it was flitting about quite
a bit and due to the delay caused by the flash I had just as many misses, as I had hits.
Thank you again,
Olaf
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