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Cool Pics: Hummingbird Moth
October 11, 2013
Sheila Bryan first thought hummingbirds were visiting the goldenrods blooming in her backyard, but with a closer look discovered she was actually looking at hummingbird moths. The moth has a hovering behavior and an audible humming noise which makes it look remarkably like a hummingbird while it is feeding on flowers. Submitted photos by Sheila Bryan for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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18 Responses to “Cool Pics: Hummingbird Moth”
So glad I found this post. Saw three on a bush on St George isla this week and had no idea what they were
Does anyone know what type of hummingbird moth this is? I understand there are several types and this is the first pic I have seen that matches the ones that visit our flower bed every evening.
those things freak me out immensely! my cats have caught several on our back porch.
William is correct. It was a point and shoot Canon Powershot SX100 IS. (8 mega pixel). I did put it on the macro setting for close up photos.
yep, still cute
this is the only moth that comes out in the day light..I researched it but didn’t put it in favorites….now gress what…they come from the…tomato horn worm…right those giant green worms that strip the tomato plants…now they aren’t so cute are they?
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There must be alot of these in the Bryans’ feild because it is full of this yellow stuff,it’s beautiful! And it’s good to know,finally,what this moth is called. We have a funny looking bee around our fig tree that I would love to have a name for. It looks like the jet black bee that is harmless but has a black and gold tail where the stinger would be?
I admit, I guess I was wrong about the type of camera that was used, but usually, you don’t get as good quality pic. with those compared to the slr’s
How cool. Thanks for sharing.
We get them every year. They LOVE our moonflowers! We get so many at once that it looks like some sort of plague! They get even bigger than that too!
>>I would say she is using a Cannon rebel digital slr, or Nikon @ least a 8 mp, but gonna say a 12, but not the point & shoot, some people will argue & say theirs does just as good but they do not.
According to the data in the photo, it was a point and shoot Canon Powershot SX100 IS.
I would say she is using a Cannon rebel digital slr, or Nikon @ least a 8 mp, but gonna say a 12, but not the point & shoot, some people will argue & say theirs does just as good but they do not.
Great Pictures!
Great pictures!
WOW…..I have never seen these before.
Amazing photos, so clear can even see the tongue of the moth while feeding on the flowers.
Wonder what type camera was used?
Thank you, Ms. Bryan for sharing…..
My goodness……was sitting in the yard late afternoon… just dark thirty… and saw what I thought was a Hummingbird…………but not… just a little to heavy in the middle and the color being brown……….first thought moth…. but I never got up real close to look……..we all decided it was a Hummingbird. Could not understand why this was out in the early evening…….generally just before dusk… the Hummingbirds……..are not around……..Glad to know … what this was… Thanks
we found a dead one on our back porch one time,thought it was a deformed hummingbird…
Great photo