We found this unusual critter sipping on our verbenas one late April afternoon. The camera was handy, so we grabbed these shots. Here is our hummingbird moth, officially known as a Nessus Sphinx. http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/Nessus-Sphinx-1/284892798_ZBUS2-Ti-1.jpg http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/gallery/4796528_K332a/ 2008-04-26T07:21:54Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com">Donna Lachance (sunnyshots)</a><br />Nessus Sphinx 1.jpg</p><p><a href="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/4796528_K332a#284892798_ZBUS2" title="Nessus Sphinx 1.jpg"><img src="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/Nessus-Sphinx-1/284892798_ZBUS2-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Nessus Sphinx 1.jpg" title="Nessus Sphinx 1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-01T02:35:27Z Donna Lachance (sunnyshots) http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/Nessus-Sphinx-1/284892798_ZBUS2-Th-1.jpg 2008-04-20 13:49:38 <p><a href="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com">Donna Lachance (sunnyshots)</a><br />Nessus Sphinx 2.jpg</p><p><a href="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/4796528_K332a#284892819_4ub5A" title="Nessus Sphinx 2.jpg"><img src="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/Nessus-Sphinx-2/284892819_4ub5A-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Nessus Sphinx 2.jpg" title="Nessus Sphinx 2.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-01T02:41:38Z Donna Lachance (sunnyshots) http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/Nessus-Sphinx-2/284892819_4ub5A-Th-1.jpg 2008-04-20 13:49:39 <p><a href="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com">Donna Lachance (sunnyshots)</a><br />Nessus Sphinx 3.jpg</p><p><a href="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/4796528_K332a#284892853_Lu3bL" title="Nessus Sphinx 3.jpg"><img src="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/Nessus-Sphinx-3/284892853_Lu3bL-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Nessus Sphinx 3.jpg" title="Nessus Sphinx 3.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-01T02:36:59Z Donna Lachance (sunnyshots) http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/Nessus-Sphinx-3/284892853_Lu3bL-Th-2.jpg 2008-04-20 13:49:40 <p><a href="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com">Donna Lachance (sunnyshots)</a><br />Nessus Sphinx 4.jpg</p><p><a href="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/4796528_K332a#284892862_M4Ppi" title="Nessus Sphinx 4.jpg"><img src="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/Nessus-Sphinx-4/284892862_M4Ppi-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Nessus Sphinx 4.jpg" title="Nessus Sphinx 4.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-01T02:44:06Z Donna Lachance (sunnyshots) http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/Nessus-Sphinx-4/284892862_M4Ppi-Th-1.jpg 2008-04-20 13:49:42 <p><a href="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com">Donna Lachance (sunnyshots)</a><br />Nessus Sphinx 5.jpg</p><p><a href="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/4796528_K332a#284892871_3mPvS" title="Nessus Sphinx 5.jpg"><img src="http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/Nessus-Sphinx-5/284892871_3mPvS-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Nessus Sphinx 5.jpg" title="Nessus Sphinx 5.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-01T02:38:35Z Donna Lachance (sunnyshots) http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com http://sunnyshots.smugmug.com/Family/April-June-2008/Nessus-Sphinx-Moth/Nessus-Sphinx-5/284892871_3mPvS-Th-1.jpg 2008-04-20 13:49:43