Hummingbird Moth

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Hummingbird Moth

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Post: # 76773Unread post JRinPA
Mon Aug 22, 2022 1:14 am

Out at the mailbox flowerbox this evening. Liked both the petunias and the snapdragons; it hung around at least 5 minutes, even with my neighbor banging his garbage cans into place and repeatedly lifting and slamming the lids.

Original compositions, reduced size. Then some cutouts. I took some video too but can't post that here.

Pretty neat things. Clearly, they have a "bug" level of intelligence and interaction. An actual hummingbird has so much more awareness and would never allow me to get so close. This was much more like a bumblebee. I'm not sure which "Hemaris" these are but I think it is one of them. Are they the only hummer moth genus?
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Mon Aug 22, 2022 1:16 am

more pics and the crops
That last pic, the moth flew out of the shot, and after looking at the pic on the PC, I could understand why! :lol:
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Mon Aug 22, 2022 7:46 am

I enjoy watching the sphynx moths in the evenings. As soon as the hummingbirds are going in for the night the moths come out to continue the show. I can sit and watch them for hours.

That was a good choice that the moth made to move to another spot! Yikes that was close!
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Post: # 76795Unread post GoDawgs
Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:28 am

I think there are various types of hummingbird/hawk moths. And I seem to remember that the tomato hornworm and tobacco hornworms are the caterpillars of this family of moths. I'd have to look it up.

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Mon Aug 22, 2022 12:53 pm

They are in the same family, but the caterpillars of the Clearwing Hummingbird Moth do NOT eat tomatoes or peppers - thank goodness!!!!!

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Mon Aug 22, 2022 5:22 pm

That silvery creature is moving so fast, it appears translucent. :)
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Post: # 76851Unread post JRinPA
Tue Aug 23, 2022 3:57 am

Do all the hawk moths hover like that? I thought these were special ones that are daylight fliers?

I'll tell you what, this thing was not that much smaller than a young of the year ruby throated hummingbird. How they can keep hovering at that rate, similar to a warm blooded hummingbird, I don't know. Pretty neat. I wish I had a different camera though. That samsung phone camera is terrible compared to the moto g power I lost.

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Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:01 am

I have seen something similar here, not commonly but a few times, and they were using the fast wing beats to hover - bigger than bumblebees maybe twice the size of a good bumble queen and had brown and orange colors iirc.
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