Well, good people, hummingbird moths are in season. Yes, they can fool you; some people think they’re actually hummingbirds, while others don’t know what they are, as evidenced by an email I received the other day with the question, “What, pray tell is this?” But before we go into the what, why, where and when […]
Hummingbird Moth
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Hummingbird Moth Season Is Coming
Not villains, and not to be treated as such
It is that time of year when the emails and phone calls start arriving about moths: “Mr. Anderson (or Jim), I found this big green caterpillar about the size of a cigar in my yard—what is this thing!?” In some parts of the US of A it is known as the “tobacco hornworm,” but around […]