Mothra!

Can anybody tell me what this is?
It hovers like a hummingbird, looks like a butterfly but seems to be a moth!
I encountered it in the mountains @ Breckenridge.

Some stills can be found here:
http://dailybooth.com/TyePorter/905231

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[BenjaminWirtz]

Wow that is a big moth, are they typical in Colorado?

[tyeporter]

Turns out they are.

Who'd thought?

First time I've seen one.

[HummingbirdSociety]

It's a While-lined sphinx moth, one of a number of so-called 'hummingbird moths' which are commonly mistaken for hummers. Great closeup video!

[tyeporter]

Thank you thank you!

[keallen61]

Thanks for posting this video. I live in Northern Arkansas. I saw one today, for the very first time in my garden. Petunias seem to be a favorite.

[killeron32]

dude ive seen one that had the same patterens as mothra no one has ever seen one and it was dead so i got the toy and looked at mothra's patterens,THEY WERE THE SAME!!!!ive seen a sphinx moth before the sphinx was not looking like mothera!