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Help with ID #17041
08/11/08 10:06 PM
08/11/08 10:06 PM
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Virginia, USA
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rustinm Offline OP
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Virginia, USA
Ok so I saw this thing flying around the flowers. By the way it was flying thought that it was some type of hummingbird. Well after looking at the pictures does not look like a hummingbird to me. Can someone help with what it is? I live in Northern VA.

Thanks for the help








Re: Help with ID [Re: rustinm] #17042
08/12/08 12:19 AM
08/12/08 12:19 AM
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Looks like a moth to me.....?

dale

Re: Help with ID [Re: rustinm] #17043
08/12/08 03:02 AM
08/12/08 03:02 AM
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
Hi Mark:

Looks like a Hummingbird Moth to me. No joke.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird_moth

Tucson Jim

Re: Help with ID [Re: Tucson Jim] #17044
08/12/08 05:44 PM
08/12/08 05:44 PM
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Nashville Tennessee
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Nashville Tennessee
It is, indeed a hummingbird moth. It has a close relative, the bumblebee moth, that mimics the bumblebee.



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