Many a person has marveled over tiny “hummingbirds” visiting their flowers, but hit a brick wall when trying to identify them. Leafing through a bird field guide won’t help. One needs a moth guide to ...
National Moth Week may be over, but with over 3,000 species of moths living in Ohio, this order of insects could provide coverage in this column for the rest of the year if I so chose. As much as I’m ...
Bill Kozar of Columbus saw this Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth, a type of sphinx moth, drawing nectar from a dianthus chinensis flower. Bill Kozar of Columbus saw this Snowberry Clearwing ...
Gardeners tend to be smitten with hummingbirds. They plant hummingbird-friendly plants such as salvia, trumpet creeper and cardinal flower in hope of luring the feathered helicopters. After all, ...