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04/09/2006 07:27:34 AM · #1
04/09/2006 07:45:20 AM · #2
It looks like a kind of hawkmoth, but not one of these ...
04/09/2006 07:52:19 AM · #3
yeah, he's kind of like a ball of fuzz with wings.
04/09/2006 12:30:30 PM · #4
It looks to me like it is a hummingbird moth. :)
04/09/2006 05:20:51 PM · #5
I don't think so, //www.birds-n-garden.com/hummingbird_moths.html

Message edited by author 2006-04-09 17:21:35.
04/09/2006 05:26:30 PM · #6
See Rule #29... ;-P
04/09/2006 06:39:19 PM · #7
Looks like some kind of robber fly. They mimic other insects, such as bees. Body style and antenna are not mothlike.

I'll let you off on Rule #29, since you have so little information to go by in that photo;)

You might get some info googling "robber fly" and your area.
04/09/2006 06:52:56 PM · #8
Looks like a bee fly to me. I think in the Syrphidae (flowerflies) family.
04/09/2006 07:01:54 PM · #9
Originally posted by vtruan:

Looks like a bee fly to me. I think in the Syrphidae (flowerflies) family.


Oh, that's right. Robber flies are predators, aren't they?
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