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 ...

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 ...

Becker, V. O. and Solis, M. Alma. 1989. [Book review] "Sphingidae Mundi. Hawk Moths of the World. E. W. Classey, England. 226 pp. by Bernard D&#39Abrera." Journal of ...

Take a stroll through a garden or restored patch of native plants, and you might catch a creature zipping skillfully among the blooms much like a tiny-but-fierce hummingbird on the hunt for nectar.

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 ...

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 ...