Hummingbird Moth / Bee Moth

This little fellow was at our cottage last summer. Many thanks to Chris from jcmegabyte for explaning what it is:

"Those moths are sometimes called "Hummingbird Moths" or "Bee Moths" because of the way they hover while feeding on flower nectar.

They are from the Sphinx Moth family (Sphingidae) and the smaller species do look a lot like Bumble Bees, a mimicry tactic probably developed to keep predators from attacking. In reality they are harmless - AND tasty to birds, etc.!"

I know it's impossible to see in the video, but this little guy had antennae, and a long proboscis that it used to drink out of the flowers with.

I looked up Hummingbird Moths on the internet, didn't see any thing looked like this one so I don't know what the official genus or species is. This video was taken in the Madewaska Valley in Southern Ontario.

If you want to see some absolutely amazing moth and butterfly videos, check out jcmegabyte's page.

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[predatorsl10]

I saw one today in my garden! I got pretty close and first I thought it was colibri. Then I looked it up on the net and found out it was actually insect. Pretty interesting!

[GeraldBoyClassical]

@predatorsl10 They are amazing little things, aren't they?

[aiecis]

These are a joy to have arent they?

[GeraldBoyClassical]

@aiecis Yes they are!

[Phishboy26]

These things are all over Opelika

[GeraldBoyClassical]

@Phishboy26 Had to look that up - Opelika, Alabama. Nice warm weather there for them most of the time, that's for sure.

[MEGAONE302]

hummingbird moth

[sandrawinstanley]

I saw something really strange in my garden a couple of weeks ago, it was one of these! My garden is in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. My parents described something similar was spotted un their garden just yesterday. That's in North Yorkshire, England. We've had some hot weather this summer so maybe they've come over here because of that. Good to know they are harmless :0)

[AIRSOFT22160jake1999]

i saw one today as well i thought they only live in hot countries but i live in france and were i am in france is cold

[trucha1618xx]

It's a sphynx moth. Beautiful.

[predatorsl10]

@GeraldBoyClassical Yeah, it was the first time I see something like this. Really amazing!