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Things You'll Need
Instructions
Buy a butterfly and moth field guide for color photographs and identification techniques. Look under the section that has sphinx moths.
Identify flowers a hummingbird moth prefers. Hummingbird moths, better known as sphinx moths, prefer tubular flowers such as trumpet vine, honeysuckle and nasturtium. Other flowers and plants from which hummingbird moths feed are ash trees, oak trees, apple blossoms and grape blossoms.
Look for the long proboscis and quick flying that make the hummingbird moth similar to the bird. A hummingbird moth will also buzz similar to a hummingbird if it happens to fly by your head.
Find hornworms, the larval stage of a hummingbird moth. Look for hornworms on tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. These hornworms will turn into hummingbird moths when they complete their life cycles.
Search for the pupa cases usually found on the ground. The pupa cases are dark brown and about two to three inches on average depending on the particular species of sphinx moths. Most sphinx moth species pupate on the ground. They don't cling to branches of plants like many other species of butterflies or moths.