Encountering such a beautiful and impressive creature as a white-lined sphinx is always exciting, and I like to think of them as charismatic and easily visible ambassadors of the breathtakingly diverse world of moths.

https://baynature.org/article/what-is-this-moth-thats-almost-as-big-as-a-hummingbird/

The partnership between the Joshua tree and the yucca moth may be key to understanding how plants and insects co-evolve

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-tree-and-its-moth-shaped-mojave-desert-180964452/

Artists and budding naturalists should make their way up to the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History at UC Santa Cruz on November 4-5.

The center’s sixth-annual all-ages open house and fundraiser will place a strong emphasis on natural illustration. The aptly titled “Artstravaganza!,’” will take place at the Norris Center in the Natural Sciences 2 Building, room 239.

https://news.ucsc.edu/2017/10/artstravaganza-norris-center.html