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UPDATE!!----Flies like a humming bird, looks like a bee! [View all]
Last edited Sun Jul 8, 2012, 08:10 PM - Edit history (1)
UPDATE in separate post below____________________________________
Actually, I thought "ZOMG, it's a fuzzy flying lobster!" but most people apparently see the hummingbird-bee resemblance.
Turns out, it's a "hummingbird moth." I'd never seen one before and while it hung around long enough for me to go grab my camera, once I turned it on him he bum-rushed the lens and flew off. Subsequent attempts at digital capture resulted in same.
Luckily, the interwebs provided:
(and LOL that the person that took this picture also thought "lobster!" http://www.wunderground.com/wximage/viewsingleimage.html?mode=singleimage&handle=novembergale&number=214 )
Apparently they are known for their love of phlox and it was indeed on such a flower that I spied him.
Definitely one of the craziest flying things I've ever seen in the garden.
And unusual creatures flitting about your place this year?
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That's cool and definitely looks like a hummingbird-lobster GMO experiment gone bad.
Gormy Cuss
Jul 2012
#10
Seen them in Arizona and I know they're here in Texas and they also spin tussah silk.
marble falls
Jul 2012
#20
It's a hummingbird moth. They aren't that uncommon. It's just uncommon to see one.
HopeHoops
Jul 2012
#28