Night pollinating moths.

pumpkins@mallorn.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 8/2/99 2:43:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Sclrke@aol.com
> writes:
> 
> <<  Now, a question for you naturalists.  I was up on
>  my ladder pollinating gourds last night (they bloom at night), when I felt
>  this buzzing over my shoulder.  I turned to see the biggest moth I 

Sphinix (hummingbird) moth, adult of tobacco hornworm and related other
species fly at night and visit flowers regularly; 4 o-clocks in
particular. They look a lot like hummingbirds. I have not seen Luna and
Poly m  ous moth visit flowers--I do not now whether they visit flowers
those have huge wings. If the wings are small (1/2 x 2 inches) and going
to fast to see, then it is the humming bird type. I would be curious to
know its wing size. 
---
  Drought continues in s. Indiana. 60% of my vines are dead, but I have
the nicest female of the year ready to open (Welty 636 white seeds) and
have a Swalley 250 (beautiful tan seed, inbred some years) antherium
clipped to the fan drying to force it to open for a midnight
pollination. without ice cooling.   
-- 
Harold Eddleman Ph.D. Microbiologist.       i*@disknet.com 
Location: Palmyra IN USA; 36 kilometers west of Louisville, Kentucky
http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab = Agriculture, science projects




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