California Wildlife Series - White Lined Sphynx Moth - Hyles Lineata - Anza Borrego Desert Royalty-Free Stock Photography

A big fat caterpillar yellow with black lines crawls across the desert sand in search of food in early Spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in Borrego Springs California. Hyles lineata, also known as the white-lined sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. They are sometimes known as a "hummingbird moth" because of their bird-like size and flight patterns. As caterpillars, they have a wide range of color phenotypes but show consistent adult coloration. A meadow of yellow color against the desert and mountain landscape at Anza Borrego Desert State Park in Borrego Springs, California. HTBphotos by John and Katharina Notarianni for websites, print, news and other media.