O/T Any ideas what this is?

Tom Bond · Sep 11, 2013

Have a couple of these flying around the petunia patch sucking up something out of them. Looks kinda like a cross between a hummingbird and a moth. Wings look about the same and hovers just like a hummingbird. Probably about 2" to 2 1/2" in length. If you look close, you can see the tongue or whatever it is taking nectar I'm guessing. Now I know why the pointer has been going crazy by the fence surrounding the patch the last few days.

JRSutton · Sep 11, 2013

We call them hummingbird moths.

I'm sure there's a more scientific name for them.

Brad Buchanan · Sep 11, 2013

I don't know about the critter but that is some beautiful photography.

Brad

time2plow · Sep 11, 2013

Yep, we also call them hummingbird moths

Janicholson · Sep 11, 2013

Yhe common name is Hummingbird moth. They are fantastic! Nice photos. Jim

Ultradog MN · Sep 11, 2013

Amen!

gwstang · Sep 11, 2013

Wow, that is some great pics! That's not cell phone pics are they?

James Babcock · Sep 11, 2013

Sphinx moth (hummingbird moth)

OliverGuy · Sep 11, 2013

They just showed up on our petunias too! Great pictures.

NCWayne · Sep 11, 2013

It's a Hummingbird Moth. Check out the link for a little more info on them. Saw one a few years back hovering over a puddle of water in a customers quarry, first one I had ever seen. Now that I know what to look for I've seen several more sense around flowers, etc. Beautiful, as well as unique insects, to say the least.
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Jeff B. · Sep 11, 2013

I see lots of them in the spring right at dusk on the lilac blooms. Don't see too many later in the summer here in Idaho.

IowaJohn · Sep 11, 2013

We had 1 working at our petunias today also.

Mike (WA) · Sep 11, 2013

Mothra. Just killing time with your flowers, waiting for her next encounter with Godzilla. They both live for this stuff.

Fergienewbee · Sep 12, 2013

I thought they were what tomato worms turn into, but I could be wrong. Seems like I read that in an insect book. I've seen them in the garden.

Larry

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