Can anyone name this moth?

[sparc]

Saw this moth on our deck the other day.
Never saw one like it around here (Southern NJ) before.

Body is about 1.5 inches long and almost a half inch in diameter
at the widest part. Wing span about 2.5 inches

 

[Knight9]

White lined sphinx moth.

 

[sparc]

White lined sphinx moth.

Thanks.

 

[cqaigy2]

Looks fairly large.

 

[Toyboy]

We nick-named them "Humming bugs" because they are similar to a hummingbird. Pretty neat.

 

[Marveltone]

Fred.

 

[Pixguy]

Fred.

LMAO
Fred for a female??

Surely you jest.

 

[cqaigy2]

LMAO
Fred for a female??

Surely you jest.

Shirley?

 

[chkntrktr]

One summer several years back one would come to a certain flower we had in a bed. Lost the flowers in a move and haven't seen a moth like that since. My wife has looked for those kind of flowers since and found some and got seeds just this past Friday. I hope that brings those moths back. Now I can tell her what the name of it was: Fred.

 

[NHmitch]

Thats a hummingbird moth, They are harmless, but kind of cool:

 

[johnrex62]

LMAO
Fred for a female??

Surely you jest.

What makes you think female? Have you checked for the absence of moth balls?

 

[Radar52]

We have had a ton of them this year in MI, my wife has a large butterfly garden about 10 ft from the pool and I like to watch them while floating and having a "cool" one in the evening quite interesting creatures!

 

[Don87]

Not so 'harmless': Tomato Hornworms - Identifying and Controlling Tomato Hornworm in a vegetable garden.:shocked:

 

[adjusterr]

I also call them Hummingbird moths, they frequent our flowers and are neat to watch. I'm not sure how they are associated with Tomato Hornworms.

 

[Tig]

Not so 'harmless': Tomato Hornworms - Identifying and Controlling Tomato Hornworm in a vegetable garden.:shocked:

Ok, now those I have seen, but I've never seen the moth stage.

 

[MossRoad]

Mothra!
Mothra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Don87]

Ok, now those I have seen, but I've never seen the moth stage.

Now that you know what to look for, you will see them everywhere.

 

[Don87]

I also call them Hummingbird moths, they frequent our flowers and are neat to watch. I'm not sure how they are associated with Tomato Hornworms.

The Hummingbird Moth is the 'adult' stage of the Tomato Hornworm, and the 'egg layer'.




From the article:

"The tomato hornworm represents the larval stage of the hawk or sphinx moth, also known as hummingbird moths".
Tomato Hornworms - Identifying and Controlling Tomato Hornworm

 

[The Haymaker]

Fred .

:thumbsup: