Thursday, July 30, 2009

Hummingbird Moth

Unfortunately I haven't been lucky enough to see any hummingbirds yet this year, but I always have several fascinating little guys like this one, a Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth. Have you ever seen one? I didn't until I had these Butterfly bushes. They are about 1.25" - 2.0" in size and look like a cross between a hummingbird and a large bee, with partially clear wings and what looks like the bottom of a lobster tail. They are much less skittish than the hummingbirds and will let you get pretty close to them.

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