Ever seen a Hummingbird clearwing moth?

[Triplenickle]

http://galloimages.zenfolio.com/p430645100/?photo=649738193

I have never heard of them until I saw this little fella feeding on my butterfly bush then I see another one on a hike yesterday and snapped the image above. I was lucky as these things are very fast.. thanks to the 40D high frames/sec rate and some luck!

Note the curled up proboscis.. I have other cool pics on it in my Hummingbird clearwing moth gallery on my website!

 

[Everythingisnt]

That is one cool little critter. You should drop by the "Photo of the day" thread and share some of your interesting finds .

 

[zim]

It looks like a flying shrimp, very cool! Thanks for sharing, great photos, 2 and 3 are my favorites.

 

[leighonigar]

I've seen a good few of those at some point, I thought they were pretty fantastic. I can't remember where... I have half a feeling that it may have been in Europe at some point, I wonder what their distribution is?

Good to see a photo!

 

[Westside guy]

I saw one in our flower garden a year or two ago. I really thought it was a tiny hummingbird until it landed. They sound very much alike.

 

[Triplenickle]

It looks like a flying shrimp, very cool! Thanks for sharing, great photos, 2 and 3 are my favorites.

Thats exactly how I described it when I posted it to my Flickr link!.. a flying shrimp... indeed.

 

[greg555]

Thanks for the photo. My wife and I saw one a few weeks ago (western Canada) and wondered what it was. I didn't have a chance to run inside for a camera before it was gone.

Greg

 

[Chappers]

And cool photos by the way - very impressive.

 

[ppc_michael]

Oh cool! I get these every year in my garden but never knew what they were called. They're very fast and quite elusive, good job getting a picture.

 

[zim]

I was curious so did a google and found a this site with additional photos.

They are reported to live in the "eastern half of the U.S. and Canada"... so why haven't I ever seen one?

 

[yrsonicdeath]

One of these got in my room this spring and it was the first I'd ever seen one. Boy was I weirded out!

 

[-hh]

http://galloimages.zenfolio.com/p430645100/?photo=649738193

I have never heard of them until I saw this little fella feeding on my butterfly bush ...!

So that's what that beastie was!

We had one of these show up on our butterfly bush a couple of years ago and we had no clue what the heck it was. Now we have a name. Thanks!


-hh

 

[mrwizardno2]

Wow! Awesome pictures of that little bugger. He's funky looking! It does look like a flying shrimp... his tail is so weird.

 

[sushi]

It looks like a flying shrimp, very cool! Thanks for sharing, great photos, 2 and 3 are my favorites.

The 3rd one especially. Cool!

 

[Triplenickle]

Thanks for all the comments folks... did I tell you I saw this initial one on Friday last week then the next day, I saw one on a nature hike? The fourth pic in the Hummingbird clearwing moth gallery is a pic from that one, with the curled up proboscis... so I never saw one in my 53 years (that I recognized) and then I see TWO in two days.... just plain lucky..

Mark

 

[Cheffy Dave]

http://galloimages.zenfolio.com/p430645100/?photo=649738193

I have never heard of them until I saw this little fella feeding on my butterfly bush then I see another one on a hike yesterday and snapped the image above. I was lucky as these things are very fast.. thanks to the 40D high frames/sec rate and some luck!

Note the curled up proboscis.. I have other cool pics on it in my Hummingbird clearwing moth gallery on my website!

You must live in FL, I have seen these here in Citrus County

 

[Triplenickle]

You must live in FL, I have seen these here in Citrus County

I live in Cleveland, OH.

 

[windowpain]

Some very nice photos on your website! thanks for sharing.

 

[Triplenickle]

Some very nice photos on your website! thanks for sharing.

Thanks. You are welcome. I will be adding many more soon.

Mark

 

[disdat]

Awesome, thanks for sharing!