You might try looking more after dusk. One week last summer, I had gone outside with a flashlight to check the ponds and looked into the area around the pond that had a bunch of penstemon in full bloom. I was amazed at the number of what looked like hummingbirds. I even checked the CSU extension website to see what they were and there was a picture of a whitelined sphinx, a type of hummingbird moth, feeding on a penstemon flower. Within a 80 square foot area, I must have counted over 30 of these moths. Now whether or not this was the type of moth that lays eggs that turn into hornworms, I don't know, but I found only a couple of hornworms on my tomatoes(70+) with no damage noted anywhere. This years abundance of rain prevented viewing the same thing again. So maybe explore a little when it gets dark...
George
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“Live as if you'll die tomorrow, but farm as if you'll live forever.”
Old Proverb
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