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08/13/2003 12:06:46 PM · #1 |
I found this guy flying around while taking pictures in my mother's flower garden. It is about 2" long, and flies around like a humming bird sipping the pollen from the flowers. You had to move fast to snap the picture as he only spent about 1-2 seconds at each flower. I think he's a bug (because of the six legs) but have no idea what he is.
Can anybody tell me what he is?
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Message edited by author 2003-08-13 12:08:14.
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08/13/2003 12:09:14 PM · #2 |
I saw one of these in another thread on DPC a while ago. I think it's a Hummingbird Moth :)
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08/13/2003 12:09:59 PM · #3 |
| Well I'm Not going to visit Canada if you have those things flying around ;-) |
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08/13/2003 12:10:27 PM · #4 |
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08/13/2003 12:11:49 PM · #5 |
Something in the 'Clear winged moths' department.
Order Lepidoptera
Family Sesiidae |
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08/13/2003 12:18:05 PM · #6 |
Looks like a flying shrimp to me.
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08/13/2003 12:47:18 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by UberFish:
Something in the 'Clear winged moths' department.
Order Lepidoptera
Family Sesiidae |
Scratch that, some Sphingidae (Hawk Mosths) can also have clear areas on the wing, so it could be one or those. In fact, the pattern of clear areas suggests its more likly to be a Hawk Moth, but not the Hummingbird Hawk Moth
//www.leps.it/SpeciesPages/MacroStellat.htm - Its not this.
//www.leps.it/SpeciesPages/HemarFucif.htm - Looks like a close match, but its a European Species, although the link on the page says Holartic.
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08/13/2003 01:52:25 PM · #8 |
This is probably it. The flight pattern looks exactly like the one I saw. Look at the video, you'll see it was quite a challenge to get it's picture. It has a very eratic flight.
Thanks for all your inputs.
Jacko, now that you mention it. it really does look like a flying shrimp. LOL. Probably not as tasty though.
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08/13/2003 02:51:28 PM · #9 |
TerryG posted this to another thread last week...
hummingbird moth
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08/13/2003 03:14:04 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Jacko:
Looks like a flying shrimp to me. |
Prepared as tempura it probably tastes a bit like that too. Definitely high-protein. |
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