Cindy Burkhardt had been watching a sphinx moth caterpillar in her garden for several days, but then it disappeared. Soon thereafter, she saw another trundling across a dirt road on Rabbit Mountain.

No doubt about it, sphinx moths are extraordinary; extinction is forever, and it would be tragic to lose such a remarkable group of moths While watering my rock garden, I inadvertently flushed an ...

Kelsey Shaw holds one of the larger caterpillars. White-lined sphinx moth caterpillars can grow up to 5 inches long. Credit: Sierra Alvarez/ Cronkite News MESA — Kelsey Shaw and her two children pick ...

While watering my rock garden, I inadvertently flushed an Achemon sphinx moth, Eumorpha achemon, which flew less than 20 feet to clutch onto a Stella D’Oro lily, where it stayed for the remainder of ...

Q: Yesterday I noticed the leaves were gone on our Desert Willow. As I got close I saw the same type of worm/caterpillar that were found on tomato plants back in Pennsylvania. There were four or five ...

Plant Alamo vine, Old Man’s Beard and cow itch vine to draw sphinx moths and butterflies to trellises and arbors in West ...

If you’ve spent any time outside or in the garden lately, you've probably noticed that bees, butterflies, caterpillars and moths are out in full force this fall. Insects are at work to insure the ...

While watering my rock garden, I inadvertently flushed an Achemon sphinx moth, Eumorpha achemon, which flew less than 20 feet to clutch onto a Stella D’Oro lily, where it stayed for the remainder of ...