sphinx moth

Black-chinned & Rufous Hummingbirds, White-lined Sphinx Moths and Monarch Butterflies

By Mia McPherson|August 18th, 2017|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Davis County, Monarch Butterflies, Rufous Hummingbirds, Utah, White-lined Sphinx Moths|Tags: Archilochus alexandri, Black-chinned Hummingbird, butterflies, butterfly, Cleomella serrulata, Danaus plexippus, desert, feeding, flight, hovering, hummingbird, hummingbirds, Hyles lineata, island, Monarch Butterfly, moth, moths, nectaring, perched, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, sphinx moth, summer, White-lined Sphinx Moth|

Rocky Mountain Bee Plants are blooming all over the Salt Lake Valley right now and those beautiful, spider-like flowers are attracting hummingbirds, moths, butterflies, bees and a host of insects.

White-lined Sphinx Moths for National Moth Week

By Mia McPherson|July 19th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah, White-lined Sphinx Moths, Wildflowers, Wildlife|Tags: Cleomella serrulata, feeding, flight, flying, hovering, Hyles lineata, moth, moths, National Moth Week, nectar, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, sphinx moth, White-lined Sphinx Moth|

Yesterday was the first day of National Moth Week 2015 and the featured family of moths for this year are from the Sphingidae family which are commonly know as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms.