A few months ago, we were lucky enough to get a long visit from our friend, and my cuz, JS. One night, we took him to an outdoor patio in Del Mar, that overlooks to the ocean, to watch the sunset. After a few glasses of wine, we were all basking in the glorious San Diego weather watching the hummingbirds flit from flower basket to flower basket when JS asked,
"Is that a bird or a moth?"
"Definitely a bird. It's huge!"
"But it has a proboscis, like a moth..."
During the debate, we baptized the creature Both (aka. bird/moth) and, like true scientists, began to hatch a plan to trap one in order to study it further. The debate was finally settled when JS successfully took a photograph of the creature. It was a moth. I present the Hummingbird Moth, also known as the Hawk Moth.
My first thought was do these moths eat yarn? Check out the caterpillars!
(These aren't JS's pictures)
ack!
Posted by: lisa the knitter | August 10, 2009 at 02:21 AM
ew!!! I've never liked moths, I'm glad I didn't see one.
Posted by: sue | August 11, 2009 at 02:46 PM
What in the what now?
Posted by: Stevie P | August 14, 2009 at 02:53 PM