Anyone have an idea of what this is?

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

07/18/2005 09:48:33 PM · #1

These aren't the clearest pictures, but I wanted to see if someone knew what this was. We thought it might be a humming bird but....the tail kind of looks like one but the head looks more like a bug.

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strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

07/18/2005 09:49:47 PM · #2

A type of moth that has fantastically fast wing motion. Not a hummer though...

Links here and here.

Message edited by author 2005-07-18 21:51:36.

rox_rox

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

07/18/2005 09:52:02 PM · #3

Well, you're kind of right. It's a hummingbird moth.

edit:OOps. Didn't read the other post first.

Message edited by author 2005-07-18 21:52:57.

aronya1

Nikon D70

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

07/18/2005 09:53:45 PM · #4

Spooky. Looks like a flying crayfish...

Winged crustaceans give me the creeps.

shadow

Sony DSC-W1

07/18/2005 09:55:23 PM · #5

those are flying prawns that eats flowers

Beagleboy

Canon EOS-30D

Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX

07/18/2005 09:57:47 PM · #6

I think it's a type of Sphinx Moth.

07/18/2005 10:01:19 PM · #7

Thanks! All of the pictures look pretty close to it. My parents have a lot of hummingbirds in their yard, but we thought this one was something different.

saintaugust

Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i

07/18/2005 10:01:57 PM · #8

looks like a lobster tail

wonder if it tastes as good..

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

07/18/2005 10:19:04 PM · #9

Originally posted by saintaugust:

looks like a lobster tail

wonder if it tastes as good..

I doubt it! LOL!

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

07/18/2005 10:19:48 PM · #10

It is in fact a hummingbird hawk-moth. Link here.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

07/18/2005 10:26:32 PM · #11

Originally posted by kirbic:

It is in fact a hummingbird hawk-moth. Link here.

It said, "Hummingbird hawk-moths are abundant in Mediterranean countries, Central Asia and Japan. In the British Isles they can be spotted every year in the summer from June to September and have been recorded as far north as the Orkney and Shetland Islands." What about the NC mountains? That's where it was.

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

07/18/2005 11:25:03 PM · #12

Just saw one at a friends house in Madison, WI two evenings ago.

CorySmith

07/18/2005 11:29:48 PM · #13

Originally posted by aronya1:

Spooky. Looks like a flying crayfish...

Winged crustaceans give me the creeps.

thats what it is

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

07/18/2005 11:31:43 PM · #14

I've got a bumper crop of them here. On Friday I saw about a half-dozen of them in one small area of the yard. Almost definitely a different, but closely related species to the link I posted. I believe there are a number of hawk-moth species, all of which have the characteristic body shape and hovering flight.

fauxreal

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/19/2005 12:06:19 AM · #15

i think im scared of that think. squish it! or get some cocktail sauce cause it does look like a hairy flying shrimp bird.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

07/19/2005 04:02:13 AM · #16

Originally posted by fauxreal:

i think im scared of that think. squish it! or get some cocktail sauce cause it does look like a hairy flying shrimp bird.

jejejeâ�¢ The insects, of course, are a member of the class "arthropods", of which shrimp, crayfish etc are members of a subclass, "crustaceans"; so they are strongly related structurally, and resemblance is to be expected anyway. Those little vanes spreading out like a shrimp's tale are really the weird part, ain't they?

Robt.