http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/21/white-lined-sphinx-9/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/21/white-lined-sphinx-9/comment-page-1/#comment-3110 Mhcato Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:18:09 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=15544#comment-3110 When I came out of work (on the Torrey Pines Mesa in La Jolla, CA) last night (04/20/09) around 7:30pm I saw hundreds of these White lined Sphinx (thanks for the id) feeding on some shrubs/flowers in front of my building. I had never seen them before, amazing to see so many at once. I could not believe how large some of them were, just like humming birds. I had no idea that there were moths that could beat their wings so fast and hover in one place like that... When I came out of work (on the Torrey Pines Mesa in La Jolla, CA) last night (04/20/09) around 7:30pm I saw hundreds of these White lined Sphinx (thanks for the id) feeding on some shrubs/flowers in front of my building. I had never seen them before, amazing to see so many at once. I could not believe how large some of them were, just like humming birds. I had no idea that there were moths that could beat their wings so fast and hover in one place like that…

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