Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: how to attract hummingbird moths?, 0 by crockny

crockny wrote:
There are different kinds of hummingbird or clearwing moths ... the one I love is called Hemaris thysbe ... this one flies in the daytime and it loves my phlox and butterfly bushes... definitely acts like a hummingbird ... also there are many different hornworms ... the ones I had on my tomatoes this year were tobacco hornworms (go figure) and would not turn into the moth I'm fond of but some other moth ... you have to research which hornworm you have to know what plants to move it to so it won't eat your tomatoes (voracious!) ... I think I could have moved the tobacco hornworms onto my nicotiana (tobacco plant) which were plentiful ...

Here's a picture (from BugGuide) of the moth I have in my garden ... according to what I've read, the hornworms of this moth would like viburnum and related plants ...