We've had those moths here for years and we enjoy watching them. They're not as friendly as the hummers but never have caused any problems. The hummingbirds are usually here in spring when the flowering crabs bloom, then they're gone and return at hosta blooming time. I had to leave the feeders out for them for a couple weeks and one would stop a couple times and move on, but now they've really started frequenting them heavily. Like you, I also had just wasps and butterflies sitting on them. Now the syrup goes down visibly every day. They must be hungry little devils too because they're even trying to get nectar out of the little clear bulbs on the lights on the bushes around my deck and they buzz around my head checking me out. This is the first time I've had enough of them around me that aren't shy and they sit in the branches of my curly willow and chirp, and they sit long enough I can get a good look at them and see some of them are browner in color, and some have bright metallic green backs. Friendly little things.

Are very nice. They are spinx moths that take nectar. Alabama gardening allows for a lot of variety of Species both wildflowers and cultivated crops like One of my favourites, peanuts!. I grow a butterfly garden these days. There is a wild plant commonly called Ironweed That when in bloom attracts both hummingbird moths And pipeline swallowtails. My comments bar is not working, but thanks for the Picts...

Got the Tiger today.. Had 3 fluttering around... The verbena is really busting with flowers this spring. I have it spread all over the back yard, use it under some higher growing flowers that haven't sprung up yet

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