Here’s another sphinx moth, freshly hatched but obviously having had time to dry its wings. The second one arrived around noon, and the third had come up by 4 pm. We took a good look and admired their size, then unzipped the lid and set them free.

Two of them darted out, faster than I could photograph, and flew across the road—right into the path of a passing car! I just had time to utter, “Oh no!” as the car plowed toward them, but then they shot skyward and seemed to get clear. Wouldn’t that have been ironic—squashed on a windshield in their first minute of flight. The third had more sense and headed straight for my Mexican shrub daisy for a long sip, and then it flew away. I hope to see them again in the next few days.