The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #69578   Message #1181905
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
09-May-04 - 08:28 PM
Thread Name: BS: Hummingbirds
Subject: RE: BS: Hummingbirds
Our sphinx moths come out just at dusk, and hover in the salvia and other red and pink flowers with tubular corollas. They dart their long proboscis into each flower. They even have eyespots on the sides of their heads and will fool the casual viewer. But they are moths, and they're quite amazing.

I've seen them in the Sonoran desert out during the cool days of spring.

SRS