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sugarplumkitty) wrote2006-06-22 09:59 pm
sugarplumkitty) wrote2006-06-22 09:59 pm
A visit from a night creature!
We have night-blooming primroses (a California wild-flower) growing in our front lawn. I talked Eric into mowing around them and they started blooming a week ago. Every night at dusk, they swell their buds and burst into bloom for one night. I have fond memories of watching them bloom with my grandmother at her house when I was small, so I'm delighted we have some growing in our yard. When the sun hits them in the morning, they wither and dry up.
The next evening a new set of buds repeat the performance.
I wondered what fertilized them and tonight Eric happened to see what I think is a sphinx moth sipping nectar. I got the camera and took three pictures, two of which have the moth. It left. I'm afraid I probably blinded it. Eric thinks he can see a very long probiscus in the flight photo. It was leaving from the flashes when I snapped that one. It's about the size of a hummingbird!
Isn't it gorgeous?
The next evening a new set of buds repeat the performance.
I wondered what fertilized them and tonight Eric happened to see what I think is a sphinx moth sipping nectar. I got the camera and took three pictures, two of which have the moth. It left. I'm afraid I probably blinded it. Eric thinks he can see a very long probiscus in the flight photo. It was leaving from the flashes when I snapped that one. It's about the size of a hummingbird!
Isn't it gorgeous?
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Moth visiting our night-blooming primroses |
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Moth sipping primrose nectar |