Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Sphinx, 1 by jmorth

jmorth wrote:
The pics were taken in the latter stages of dusk into full night.
The sphinx were orginally drawn to the garden by Flowering Tobacco. When the moonflowers started opening they got an extra incentive.
Good photos are at about a 1 to 3 ratio (3 rejects to 1 good).
The name Sphinx is often interchangeable with Hummingbird Moth or Hawkmoth.
Here's a couple of pics of them gathering nectar from Nicotiana: