Yep, that's a bee hummingbird. It's the tiniest bird in the world :-). I researched them, and I was lucky enough to see one up close @ a Bed & Breakfast place in Austria. They are sooooo precious.
was riding my kawasaki near the foothills in Alberta yesterday and had a sudden urge to stop and just take a walk in the forest by the trail...sat on a log for 10 minutes where some yellowish flowers were everwhere and then one of these showed up a foot from where i was sitting..landed on my hand then continued on.. well worth the random walk=D
Bee-flies belong to the Order Diptera (True Flies), Family Bombyliidae. The body is stout and furry, so that the fly has a strong superficial resemblance to a bumblebee, It has a long, rigid proboscis held out in front of the head, which is used to probe for nectar while the fly hovers at flowers (rather like a humming bird). Its hovering and darting flight, accompanied by a high-pitched whine, The larval stages live as parasites in the nests of solitary bees.
This video and your answer, Bullseyarchery. This has solved a mystery I have carried with me since childhood !
By the way, in German bee flies are called "wool floaters" :). Apparently, though occurring in great variety they seem to be one of the least studied groups of insects there is.
All are irresistably directed by the suction of a hypnotizing tractor beam presenting a production of the sleep of reason corporation in association with the bee of the bird of the moth.
I have one here. It's a bee has the same markings as a bumble bee but with a fanned tail and a sickle coming out of it's face it only goes to flowers never to the humming bird feeder
OMG i seen that before. i was working up in the mountains and i was on the phone with my girlfriend at the time. and that exact same thing was right in front of my face. i was like OMG WTF is that thing kinda loud. she was laughing. but seriously i was checking that thing out, i thought it was a bee that had sex with a hummingbird somehow.
It's just a hummingbird moth that's acting like a bird that thinks it's a bee.
Applemask 7 months ago
I just seen something similar in my garden. I was outside taking pictures and seen it flying around. Never seen something like this before!
musicnvrdies 1 year ago
It's a humming bee hawk moth. We have a few that visit our buddlia, amazing to watch.
lowinbooth 2 years ago
Yep, that's a bee hummingbird. It's the tiniest bird in the world :-). I researched them, and I was lucky enough to see one up close @ a Bed & Breakfast place in Austria. They are sooooo precious.
DulceDeanna 2 years ago
Yeah that's definitely a bee hummingbird..that's what they're called.
XxBlownAwayxX 2 years ago
was riding my kawasaki near the foothills in Alberta yesterday and had a sudden urge to stop and just take a walk in the forest by the trail...sat on a log for 10 minutes where some yellowish flowers were everwhere and then one of these showed up a foot from where i was sitting..landed on my hand then continued on.. well worth the random walk=D
Heavydestroyer 2 years ago
iiTz called a bee humming bird o.o
iiTzAngelx3 2 years ago
wrong.
akvalues 2 years ago
This is actually a Bee fly.
Bee-flies belong to the Order Diptera (True Flies), Family Bombyliidae. The body is stout and furry, so that the fly has a strong superficial resemblance to a bumblebee, It has a long, rigid proboscis held out in front of the head, which is used to probe for nectar while the fly hovers at flowers (rather like a humming bird). Its hovering and darting flight, accompanied by a high-pitched whine, The larval stages live as parasites in the nests of solitary bees.
Bullseyearchery 2 years ago
@Bullseyearchery
Thank you rakooga, for uploading this video.
This video and your answer, Bullseyarchery. This has solved a mystery I have carried with me since childhood !
By the way, in German bee flies are called "wool floaters" :). Apparently, though occurring in great variety they seem to be one of the least studied groups of insects there is.
Best wishes from the Black Forest.
Irrazzo 1 year ago
I caught one that was being killed by a spider before. But my dad killed it. :<
speedyswish 3 years ago
It's called a "Hummingbird Hawk-moth", or "Macroglossum Stellatarum"
wglmb 3 years ago
I've got one hanging around my flower garden in Medina, Ohio. I actually captured in and got a close look, before letting it go. Very cool....
GOPHater 3 years ago
It's is a moth for sure. Sphinx Moths are often called Hummingbird Moths, but that's what you have there. Congrats on the nice find.
FalseMem0ries 3 years ago
Its a moth that is often mistakin for a humming bird. Theres a technical name for it but i forget. I seen one when I was in Alberta,Ca last summer.
hunnixox13 3 years ago
Everyone's deforming at the dread hypnotic swarming of the bee of the bird of the moth...
ymbproductions 4 years ago 7
Protozoa, snakes, and horses have enlisted in the forces
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
Mulletness 4 years ago 3
All are irresistably directed by the suction of a hypnotizing tractor beam presenting a production of the sleep of reason corporation in association with the bee of the bird of the moth.
dvntehn00bz 4 years ago 4
*trumpet line*.... the end... hey lets do withered hope now!
sadturkey 4 years ago 2
I love Bee of the Bird of the Moth ^^
MonkeyDestroyer1 4 years ago 2
I have one here. It's a bee has the same markings as a bumble bee but with a fanned tail and a sickle coming out of it's face it only goes to flowers never to the humming bird feeder
rsl1958 4 years ago 2
Hello from a friendly old redneck dinosaur in Beautiful Virginia. I grew up seeing these and recently saw one again, It is a Hummingbird Hawk-moth.
You can find them on Wikipedia ot other internet reference sources. My Bird Book included them with Hummingbirds :)
rustyaa 4 years ago 2
no its a bee hummingbird u R-TARDS the samllest brd in the world!!!! if u dont believe me search for it
abbgtpogipkiupog 4 years ago
nah this isn't a bird, called something like the humming bird moth, its in Europe, no humming birds here as far as I know!
rakooga 4 years ago
Bee Hummingbird is endemic to Cuba.
falcoperegrinus82 4 years ago 2
OMG i seen that before. i was working up in the mountains and i was on the phone with my girlfriend at the time. and that exact same thing was right in front of my face. i was like OMG WTF is that thing kinda loud. she was laughing. but seriously i was checking that thing out, i thought it was a bee that had sex with a hummingbird somehow.
markymark87 4 years ago
You're sure that's not a bumble bee? I've seen bumble bees hover like that... either way, thats pretty sweet!
brojoghost 5 years ago
nah, not a bumble bee, these things have probiscuses (sp?)
rakooga 5 years ago
pretty neat looking.. wonder wtf its called
cdnt0k3r 5 years ago
OMG WTF IS DAT CRAZY MOTHMAN!!!!
red3yz 5 years ago