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.

The sphinx moth has a name that sounds straight out of mythology, but it actually reflects three very real creatures. Its name draws from the sphinx, the hawk, and the hummingbird — each describing ...

When Paul Johnson, moth aficionado and researcher, was asked why he was interested in the Pacific green sphinx he shot back, “Why are you interested?” He chuckled as there was no immediate answer ...