This moth looks very much like the hosta its perched on.
Does anybody know what kind it is?
ID this moth
Wow, C_R, talk about camoflage!
Sorry, I am clueless about moths, but that is a simply gorgeous photo!!!
What a lovely hawk-moth. Your moth is the Pandorus sphinx (Eumorpha pandorus) http://www.stephencresswell.com/s/pandorus.html
http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/epandoru.htm
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3443
As much damage as hawkmoth caterpillars do to various plants, they are beautiful and interesting to see once they are moths. They tend to fly like hummingbirds - some in day and some at night. They visit the same flowers with a very long probiscis.
Oh we call them Hummingbird Moths.
I just wasn't sure thats what it was because I've never seen one standing still, just darting around the flowers.
I thought it was so cool how its coloring matched the hosta it was sitting on.
I thought their larvae were Tomato Hornworms but apparently not from the links kennedyh provided.
I did not know about the moth but does your hosta have a name? I am hosta crazy and have one almost like it Fire & Ice. Is that it? Bev
Yes it is Fire & Ice! Good eye!