Humming Bird bee/moth

Here is a wierd bug that looks like a humming bird crossed with a bee.

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[abbgtpogipkiupog]

no its a bee hummingbird u R-TARDS the samllest brd in the world!!!! if u dont believe me search for it

[rakooga]

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!

[brojoghost]

You're sure that's not a bumble bee? I've seen bumble bees hover like that... either way, thats pretty sweet!

[rakooga]

nah, not a bumble bee, these things have probiscuses (sp?)

[ymbproductions]

Everyone's deforming at the dread hypnotic swarming of the bee of the bird of the moth...

[dvntehn00bz]

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.

[Applemask]

It's just a hummingbird moth that's acting like a bird that thinks it's a bee.

[Irrazzo]

@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.

[musicnvrdies]

I just seen something similar in my garden. I was outside taking pictures and seen it flying around. Never seen something like this before!

[lowinbooth]

It's a humming bee hawk moth. We have a few that visit our buddlia, amazing to watch.

[DulceDeanna]

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.

[XxBlownAwayxX]

Yeah that's definitely a bee hummingbird..that's what they're called.

[Heavydestroyer]

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

[akvalues]

wrong.

[iiTzAngelx3]

iiTz called a bee humming bird o.o

[Bullseyearchery]

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.