Keeping the pupae out of the sun, occasionally hydrate it by bathing it in cool water will help. Like Molanic, I often keep mine in the fridge in a Glad container on paper towel and take it out once a month or so to give it a bath. It is essential to keep them somewhat hydrated in order to avoid dessication. When day and night temps are warmer in later spring/early summer, bring them outdoors in a container with air holes and some sticks they can climb onto when they emerge. They have to hang from the sticks for some time to dry and inflate their wings. This is a good time to get photos of them, too. I only get Hemaris diffinus - Snowberry Clearwing, and their favorite food in my yard is my yellow Honeysuckle. I have Japanese purpurea, but have never found them on this. Another excellent host plant to check is Virginia Creeper. Numerous sphinx moths use it as a larval host, like Eumorpha achemon (Achemon sphinx), Eumorpha pandorus (Pandora sphinx), Darapsis myron (Virginia Creeper sphinx), Amphion floridensis (Nessus sphinx), Deidamis inacriptum (Lettered sphinx), Hyles lineata (White-lined sphinx), and Specodina abbottii (Abbott's sphinx), to name a few. I have raised the first 4 named above, and perhaps one day, I'll find a few others. Good luck and have fun! Susan

Nice shot! We had alot last year, but only saw a few this year... Do you want your photos in with your message? If you do, need a photo hosting site (alot use Photobucket,Tinypic, free) but there are other sites that are free also...For PB, HIghlight the TAG line(middle), Right click COPY...PASTE into your message box here on GW (Will need two windows or tabs open depending what browser used). PREVIEW MESSAGE as usual. and you should see what you want to post before SUBMITTING...Hope I didn't confuse... juanital

Thanks, tmc! Aren't they wonderful little creatures? I can't tell from the video if this is H. thysbe or H. diffinis.....do you know?

They like my brugmansia leaves. They also like tomato plants. For nectar, many fragrant night bloomers like Cestrum nocturnum, flowering tobacco, brugmansia, Moonflower vines (Ipomea alba), Indian night jasmine (nycanthes) all work.Probably scented stock and four o'clocks work too. There are different varieties of hawk moth depending on your location. Here is a link to the white lined variety https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Hyles-lineata