Hummingbird moth

[cherylmcleod1]

this is incredible ...been trying to identify this creature for close to 20 years! This visited our garden in Branford, Connecticut of all places.

[dripinwithsinz]

I always see these in new Mexico in the spring

[loranalary]

there's a lot of them in the south and south west of France, nice video, because the last one I saw .. couldn't make a picture of it. :o)

[julytides]

omg i thought that was a hummingbirf

[plang67]

I saw one in Porto Santo Island, Madeira but had never seen anything like it before - I live in Scotland

[TrevorSwanVideos]

its a white lined sphinx moth. they are common.

[n2121966]

I saw one just a couple of days ago, just like this one, in a s mall town in Germany, just on the borders of Switzerland. It was collecting nectar from an azalea. My husband and I marveled at it because we had never seen one before and when I got home, I just had to find out what it was. It is a hummingbird hawk moth.

[UTU49]

These things clearly like petunias. I saw one yesterday for the first time ever, and it was happily roaming among my mother's petunias.

I am near Vancouver, Canada. Where have the rest of you seen these crazy big bugs?

[Komet67]

great video of the hummingbird moth

[yz250chick]

We had our first one tonight in my petunias!

[bronte315]

i just saw one and wondered what it was called

[powerminersstudios]

i saw one in my front yard

[Iconoclast444]

It's larvae is the tomato hornworm!

[BlueSabb]

@Iconoclast444 The tomato hornworm is the larval stage of the Hawk Moth, NOT the HUMMINGBIRD Hawk Moth or Hummingbird Moth.

[Iconoclast444]

@BlueSabb My bad...

[tammbowm]

First time I saw one I thought killer bees! Started asking around and someone said it was this. Glad of that. They are so interesting to watch in my flowers.

[madisondx1]

saw one of these on the porch the other day, scared the shit outta me!!

[susanmangigly]

I saw one the other day for the first time. I wasn't sure what it was.

[terror1129]

I caught one and it is freaking awesome... I let him out in my room and then he comes back to me like a pet, he is epic

[mckeen771]

Coolest bug on this planet

[chaz706]

That Moth is a spy.

[MPSecare]

I had a red one that would come around my yard at night. It creeped me out!

[XxChemicalRomance1xX]

This is obviously a pokemon!!!

[robert2562000]

Humming bird month, me and my mother just seen one today in her flower garden.

[775Ariel]

We learned about that in my Biochem class they can poop in the direction of predators. ha ha they showed us it was crazy!!!

[gr8rootbear]

what a fugly bug

[Duvalc003]

when i was at the dragstrip by my brothers house one of these flew into my face and i had no idea what it was. people kept telling me it was a hummingbird but it was actually one of these. they're cool!!

[aiecis]

I like how its not shy

[TheMarked1forlife]

It's a Sphinx moth the one that was around me last year was bigger than the humming birds lol

[contaminated666]

we had these last year in Memphs, coming to the 4-oclocks (bright yellow ad pink flowers) at sundown.

[bear13ytf]

Cool, we saw these at a beach in croatia. They were zooming around though and hard to get a photo of. Cool to know what they're called. Check out earth hour: moths

[89klk]

Damn if I didn't know any better, I would swear this was a hummingbird. I didn't know there were moths like this O_O

[TheDaniel7310]

i saw one n i was about a foot maybe of catching it

[MyFoodIsBad]

Hummingbird + moth = this

[jociethedevout]

they are so cool looking! I saw 4 of them at 1 time on a single butterfly bush in Oregon ^_^

[filmflour]

It is a moth. It just has a long mouth like the beek of a humming bird. It is called the same as your video's title "hummingbird moth". Look it up in wikipedia.

[MorgueMaid]

years ago as a kid back in ohio i netted one. before catching it, we all thought it was a hummingbird. found a sphinx moth (thats what is in your video) last night and brought it in for my my indoor cats to chase. not sure where it went, LOL! its here somewhere. it seems so much smaller in size now that i'm an adult.

[masharcool123]

danm!! that is so cool!!

[kashmirbound1]

WOW!!!!!!!!

[pcroyaljets]

Just saw some of these in our newly started butterfly garden at dusk.

[birdlady520]

It is a Humbee - look it up - I have them here in Ottawa Ontario Canada

[DonSelwashington]

It's a white-lined sphynx moth. Also known as Hummingbird Moths.

[loadedlongboardlover]

its a tomato worm moth aka a carolina moth

[Harmaavarjo]

theyre speaking swedish, i guess

[MPSecare]

just now i was outside and i saw a red one the size of my hand. If you didn't know what they were it would freak you out for sure!!

[Redneckdh71]

I saw one of these 2night at my house and had no idea what it was

[logwash79]

I just saw one in my backyard! I was confused

[mysticriveroutdoors]

great video shot. I was wondering what kind of insect it was since we have seen them feeding on our flowers

[jekyllisland7]

no it is not it is a hummingbird moth.

[sahughes249]

or a hummingbird sphynx moth

[8KingFisher]

While we're mentioning hummingbirds, they're is also a species within "hawk moths" that look almost identical to hummingbirds, known as (surprise, surprise) "hummingbird moth's".

And I absolutely agree with that you should always learn something new everyday

[HungKiet]

i saw this little Macroglossum stellatarum when i was a child!!! i thought some kind of butterfly

[FluffyPonBomb]

You should kill these every chance you get! They're pests! Destroyed my father's pepper bushes.

[jayoori1]

@FluffyPonBomb good one troll.

[FluffyPonBomb]

@jayoori1 It's true, dumbass. Google it.

[whale0melette]

weird question, but what language are you speaking in the vid?

[orangeandpurplewalls]

They are called Hawk Moths. We had one two days ago and thought it was so cool how a hummingbird could be so small, so we looked it up. The tip-off for me were the antennae sprouting from its head. EW! Look up the hawk moth, they are actually kind of cool.

[frankensteinmoneymac]

I guess there is an evolutionary advantage to appear as a Hummingbird...not sure exactly what that would be though....its not as if they are very threatening creatures...Most animals mimic deadly &/or poisonious animals to keep predators away...but some Predators also mimic there own prey, so as to easily get close to them....For instance my species mimics Humans, so as to....whoops Ive said too much...Nevermind that last bit.

[JRONII]

It's abdomen creeps me out!

[jayoori1]

@JRONII ur face creeps me out

[JRONII]

@jayoori1 hmmm...that's a good one

[GratefulFarms]

they suck if you grow tomatoes their larvae are devastating!

[gracehamel]

Not a bird or a fly, its a POKEMON!

[FirestormChameleon]

we get a lot of those here in nebraska, too

[LiangHuBBB]

Scary!

[VAJOWLES]

Its a baby taradactyl. They are rare.

[dancioffi]

go in wikipedia and search for hummingbird moth. there's a page of it. i saw these in a documentary on tv once. curious creatures, don't you think?

[mamooskii]

These little critters are all over the big State of Texas. They come in various

colors and sizes. Three types are:Hummingbird Clearwing, White-Lined Sphinx moth and Hermit Sphinx moth. They do not bite or harm anything or anyone. I have caught many and rescued several.

[epsoff]

nature is so amazing, how can this thing be so like a hummingbird? did a moth and a bird have a baby?

What country is this in btw? thanks for sharing and educating me. At 33, nature still has wonders for me to discover!

[crystal0angel]

it is kinda pretty but kinda hitious too

[musziklovr]

I saw one of those in my back yard and barely caught a still photo of it. It's great to this on video!

[amax7895]

i see hummingbird moths all the time at night. the ones i get are extremely wild. you need to shoot them down with a really strong flashlight. they go crazy if you try to catch them with a net!!

[hoperets]

That is a Bedstraw Hawkmoth. I know that cause they speak Swedish and there's no other moth in Sweden that looks like that.

In Swedish it's called "Brunsprötad Skymningssvärmare".

[MagarothTheWalker]

The Nature body of it is just simly amazing.

[welcomegohome]

ever heard of a chicken moth?

[mariosilveyra]

This insect (green) took an afternoon by our window. We thought it was a hummingbird and said Luck! as here we say it brings luck and money, but do not believe it. Our son Julian had two or three years old and the insects began to attack because he wanted to touch it. With my wife immediately started trying to remove it with a almoadones. My son screamed scared not understand why you "pegábamos" with the cushions.

[mariosilveyra]

And we began to scream in fright. We stayed there for several minutes-of-endless terror. Then I realized it was a bug and not a bird. More screaming! Then the flying bug went whizzing by the window. Julían cried a lot after that. But soon he understood and then we laughed non-stop three long. Never before have we had seen. And that which is common in our province ...

[mariosilveyra]

Este insecto (de color verde) entró una tarde por nuestra ventana. Pensamos que era un picaflor y dijimos ¡Suerte! porque acá dicen que trae suerte y dinero, aunque no creo en eso. Nuestro hijo Julían tenía dos o tres añitos y el insecto comenzó a atacarlo porque el quiso tocarlo. Con mi esposa inmediatamente comenzamos a tratar de sacarlo con unos almoadones. Mi hijo gritaba asustado sin entender porqué le "pegabamos" con los almohadones. Y nosotros comenzamos a gritar asustados.

[mariosilveyra]

Estuvimos así varios minutos -interminables- de terror. Entonces me dí cuanta que era un insecto y noo un ave. ¡Más gritamos! Luego el bicho volador se fué zumbando por la ventana. Julían lloró mucho después de eso. Pero al rato entendió y luego nos reímos los tres sin parar mucho tiempo. Nunca antes lo habíamos visto. Y eso que es común en nuestra provincia...

[09Vla]

y think the scientific name is Sphingidae

[RosieeJones]

sphinx moth.

[Mwahohoho]

It's very cute

[innertuber2]

Ignorance abounds: Hummingbird moth have no stingers only anntenae delbert.

[Gunnarsguns]

I guess you know these things have a horrible sting and they can be very aggressive if disturbed

[BenderBurgers]

Wow Ive never heard of these.

[discgolfer550]

Looks like a sphinx moth to me.

[hoperets]

That's not a Hummingbird Hawkmoth. It's a Bedstraw Hawkmoth.

[Mahdah]

wow, saw one of these today! never even heard of it before, typed in "hummingbird bug" on youtube and found it! fascinating!

[IHATEDRIVING2]

thier really can get confused with the Hummingbirds.

[sofiereed]

That's a Humming Bird MOTH.. I have them in my garden!! :O)

[Celly222]

I just saw one of these in the backyard feeding off some big red flowers. Ive seen hummingbirds plenty of times and thought this was a baby one until i noticed the antennaes. The one here was more yellowish colored with black sripes and thinner. First time i ever saw one.

[horses887]

It's called a hawkmoth.

[MissMousy60]

Here in Ohio we had them come every night to the petunias. This year NONE. Also no tiger butterflies. They came every year to the petunias also. It has been rainy and cold. The worst summer ever. I miss the adorable little hawkmoths

[thecarplover]

they are sweet i woundnt try and catch it thou porbley cause it alot of distress

[coastercrazydannii]

i just saw one of these 3 mins ago. itz funneh how the name is actually wat it is. i wish id caught it,,, i will look for more lol

and, it didnt even fly away wen i went up to it how cool is dat^_^

[DragonSlayKins1]

its called a hummingbird moth. a lot of them appear in my front yard all the time. it it very easy to get a closer look at them

they are very interesting to observe

[BabyBlair55]

we have these in our yard all the time. they are really fun to watch but the ones that i have seen arent brown they are red

[wrenbrrd]

Yeah, these are called sphinx moths. Saw one for the first time the other day. Really awesome... I assume an adapted mimicry for protection.

[anoletrouble]

the ones where i live look like moths humming birds and bees combined

[zbrooo]

called a bee hawk moth , were part of their wings clear?

[anoletrouble]

i dont remember

[shanna9650]

thanks for posting. this solved a mystery for us.

[CelticReject]

I was watching one a few minutes ago in my garden. Quite beautiful.

[nessalu]

THAT IS FREAKIN CRAZY LOOKIN!

Beautiful, but crazy!

[zeppelinenje]

There are plenty of them in east europe. I watch them every day in my backyard and they really are beautifull! even i first thought that i saw hummingbird but when i got closer, i spoted little antenna and 4 legs :) have to tell you, i was a bit disapointed :)

[cruediesel]

Well in 37 years I've never seen one of these until tonight. Pretty neat looking. You think it's a big bumblebee, then you think it's a baby hummingbird, and then you jump on google to see what it is.

[AndryRandy]

Agrius convulvuli

[spazchickens]

I just got a couple baby moon flower plants that I hope to attract Sphynx Moths in California. I hope they come cause we used to see them every summer in Kansas :D

[zmccain]

I just saw one of these flying around our honeysuckle today. I had never seen anything like it! It was freaky! It looked exactly like a hummingbird until I saw it from behind. From the side it's hard to tell unless you get closer.

[chihuahuabulldog]

That was great! There were a few shots where I could see the antenna and make it out fairly well. Thank you for the video!

[CBorges66]

I was in my backyard this past weekend and saw one of these on my jasmine plants. And I'm in Sacramento! It was very cool.

[strawberryfields789]

It's a hummingbird moth.

[showmeuranus]

WHOA

[Marekusa]

Jag gillar sånna malar! favvade denna video!

[purespointofview]

i saw this in my yard before down here in virginia but i didnt know what it was. now i know =D

[ZoandLo]

I saw one of these in my backyard yesterday... Anaheim, California. They are slightly smaller than a hummingbird.

[MissDiko]

really?? i live in brea and i would love to see one!! :D

[ZoandLo]

I went out with my camera the following day but didn't see anymore. I guess they were just passing through :)

[LovesToDrift]

I saw one yesterday too. I thought it was some form of an exotic hummingbird. It scared me, because it kept getting in my face :D

[Automeris]

It's a Hyles species.

[Totalyvaporized]

We see this in Texas usa all spring.

[imperialcrypt]

I think I would freak out If one of the giant flying insects came near me. haha. There so freaking huge and look like a bird.

[botswana911]

I see this butterfly too! (in Hungary)

[mylenefarmer4ever]

The one i saw had the colors of Monarch butterfly.

[mylenefarmer4ever]

I have seen these too, it looked like a hummingbird but was a butterfly, very interresting. It was in Sweden by the way.

[hulksmash05]

it wings flaps 600 times a sec. humming bird holds this record.

[wiersandlines]

ive seen them before but the one i saw was a yellow color, i tried to to take piuctured of it but a nine year old with a camra can't exactly hold the camra still.

[svtcontour]

Wow thats a cool moth.

[Pebbleprominent]

That is bedstraw hawkmoth ( Hyles gallii)

[Leffka]

I think it's not Hyles lineata, but Hyles galii.

[lottiexd08]

i saw one of these the other day so i found ot its name through th wonder of wickipedia (:

[ValrieW]

I saw these nightly during the summer up in the northern panhandle of Texas. They loved the flowers in my front yard garden. Thanks for uploading this, I had no idea what they were really called.

[shadowolf2k]

Oh wow, that's incredible, I've never seen or heard of these before; nice video.

[marthavmuffin]

I had one in my plumbago last weekend. I live in FLorida

[gemmastott9]

i saw one in grado italy on my honeymoon and thought it was a bird untill i looked a little closer !

[Twosharppencils]

Really good piece of filming there. Thanks for uploading.Weird creatures aren't they?

[Aaron1701NX]

sweet! a hawkmoth, i saw one for the first time the other day. where was this filmed?

[alcibiade666]

I love that moth. It's AWESOME!! First time I saw it in Greece and I thought "since when there are hummingbirds in Greece?" LOL

[russellyb]

Thats not a hummingbird hawkmoth, but possibly a striped hawkmoth, bedstraw hawkmoth or spurge hawkmoth, hard to tell from the footage. Was it in the UK or Europe?

[joeprio]

i thought it was a humming bird

[AZARIAH33]

AMAZING CREATURE AND FOOTAGE......I had no clue what this was and when i saw it i called it a bumble moth.....turns out i was right.....it frighten me while i visited my family in Croatia......but now i see what a miracle this beautiful creature really is...amazing....

[Akkita]

I saw one of those in the woods once.

It freaked me out. o.o

[welcomegohome]

sick

[digitalmidian]

It's a Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Macroglossum stellatarum. Nice video.

[iploxer]

idiot its a white lined sfinx

[6327isc]

lol, iploxer - If whoever is such an idiot.. Why is it you cannot even say "Sphinx" correctly?

Also, no - It isn't the Hyles lineata.

[fawful27]

were do they live i wanna catch one

[ColMarkSalot]

Nice Video! I saw the same thing outside in my parents flowers a few weeks ago. I had no idea what it was. Now I know. Interesting creature.

[JPvoyage]

Excellent video! And what an amazing creature!

[Star13570]

its perty.

[6327isc]

The moth in your video is a Hyles Lineata, or "White Lined Sphinx." It is closely related to the Hummingbird Hawkmoth. It's beautiful.

[triplexxxsatyr]

Totally cool.

[kclama]

Ha ha, or a flying shrimp. :P