Darwin's hawkmoth (Xanthopan morgani praedicta) on flower, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. Xanthopan morganii praedicta, Madagascan sphinx moth. While Darwin predicted that the orchid ...

A curious, winged visitor is showing up above backyard gardens and flower pots. Is it a bird? A bat? A butterfly? It s the white-lined sphinx moth, members of the moth family with the hovering ...

Readers have sent photographs of small critters hovering over flowers, as if they were sipping nectar like hummingbirds. But they’re not hummingbirds. Instead, they are insects variously called sphinx ...

Tennessee is a beautiful, pastoral state full of sweeping grasslands, thick forests, and lush rivers. It’s also home to a large collection of creatures. Mammal-wise, the Volunteer State is home to ...

When Paul Johnson, moth aficionado and researcher, was asked why he was interested in the Pacific green sphinx he shot back, “Why are you interested?” He chuckled as there was no immediate answer ...

Ecology and life history strategies. Biogeography ; Morphology ; Generalized life history and ecology ; Natural enemies ; Collecting ; Rearing -- Species accounts. Subfamily Sphinginae ; Subfamily ...

Stasis and Flux among Saturniidae and Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) on Massachusetts' Offshore Islands and the Possible Role of Compsilura concinnata (Meigen) (Diptera: Tachinidae) as an Agent of Mainland ...

A new moth has set up home in Bermuda – although how the species arrived is a mystery. The “exceptionally large” fig sphinx moth was first recorded in Bermuda in October 2017 and their numbers have ...