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What type of moth?
This afternoon saw this moth (I guess) flying around a tree in my yard
that is leaking sap. From a distance, it looked like a small hummingbird or one of those big wasps/hornets with the two white bands around the thorax. At any rate, this one was moving like a hummingbird - no fluttering, and it was very fast. It also never came fully to rest - the wings were almost always going, and it was constantly moving. I assume it is some sort of moth, but it sure didn't move like any moth I've ever seen. Anyone know what this is: http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997782 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997784 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997786 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997788 |
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This afternoon saw this moth (I guess) flying around a tree in my yard that is leaking sap. From a distance, it looked like a small hummingbird or one of those big wasps/hornets with the two white bands around the thorax. At any rate, this one was moving like a hummingbird - no fluttering, and it was very fast. It also never came fully to rest - the wings were almost always going, and it was constantly moving. I assume it is some sort of moth, but it sure didn't move like any moth I've ever seen. Anyone know what this is: http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997782 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997784 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997786 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997788 It's a hummingbird moth. They're pretty cool, actually. http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4DM...s/hummingb.htm |
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Don Wiss wrote: On 29 May 2006 18:25:06 -0700, wrote: This afternoon saw this moth (I guess) flying around a tree in my yard The best place to ask is in this newsgroup: sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997782 In pictures like these I'm more interested in the lens used, than the camera used. 80-200 AF-D at 200mm w/ PK-13 27.5mm tube. |
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What type of moth?
Cynicor wrote: wrote: This afternoon saw this moth (I guess) flying around a tree in my yard that is leaking sap. From a distance, it looked like a small hummingbird or one of those big wasps/hornets with the two white bands around the thorax. At any rate, this one was moving like a hummingbird - no fluttering, and it was very fast. It also never came fully to rest - the wings were almost always going, and it was constantly moving. I assume it is some sort of moth, but it sure didn't move like any moth I've ever seen. Anyone know what this is: http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997782 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997784 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997786 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997788 It's a hummingbird moth. They're pretty cool, actually. http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4DM...s/hummingb.htm Thanks, man - that's exactly what it was. I had never seen one before... |
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This afternoon saw this moth (I guess) flying around a tree in my yard that is leaking sap. From a distance, it looked like a small hummingbird or one of those big wasps/hornets with the two white bands around the thorax. At any rate, this one was moving like a hummingbird - no fluttering, and it was very fast. It also never came fully to rest - the wings were almost always going, and it was constantly moving. I assume it is some sort of moth, but it sure didn't move like any moth I've ever seen. Anyone know what this is: http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997782 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997784 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997786 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997788 Ben, Post your pictures (or links to the pictures) in news:alt.binaries.pictures.nature and someone will be able to tell you. -- Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A) Gardening for over 40 years To see pictures from my garden visit http://members.iglou.com/brosen Digital Camera - Pentax *ist DL Remove NO_WEEDS_ in e-mail address to reply by e-mail |
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This afternoon saw this moth (I guess) flying around a tree in my yard that is leaking sap. From a distance, it looked like a small hummingbird or one of those big wasps/hornets with the two white bands around the thorax. At any rate, this one was moving like a hummingbird - no fluttering, and it was very fast. It also never came fully to rest - the wings were almost always going, and it was constantly moving. I assume it is some sort of moth, but it sure didn't move like any moth I've ever seen. Anyone know what this is: http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997782 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997784 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997786 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997788 Since you've already been answered with regard to the species I'll just post a comment here. You seldom see them because they are mostly nocturnal, but in some parts of the US they are (or at least 20 years ago were) quite common. When I lived in north Florida, at night you could shine a bright light on the jasmine and you'd see a dozen little eyes reflecting it, sphinx moths sucking nectar. A lovely example of parallel evolution to fill an ecological niche. -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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What type of moth?
wrote: This afternoon saw this moth (I guess) flying around a tree in my yard that is leaking sap. From a distance, it looked like a small hummingbird or one of those big wasps/hornets with the two white bands around the thorax. At any rate, this one was moving like a hummingbird - no fluttering, and it was very fast. It also never came fully to rest - the wings were almost always going, and it was constantly moving. I assume it is some sort of moth, but it sure didn't move like any moth I've ever seen. Anyone know what this is: http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997782 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997784 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997786 http://www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/60997788 More officially known as a Sphinx Moth, if you have tomatoes watch out, their larva is the tomato hornworm. Big green things (some last summer were 4-5 inches long) that eat constantly. Thought it was nice there were alot around our house last summer, 'til I had to pull 50 or 60 hornworms off our tomatoes. Nice set of photos, hard to find them still. Tom Tom |
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