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Help Identify this Bug/Thing
Posted on 8/11/25 at 5:17 pm
Posted on 8/11/25 at 5:17 pm
It was cruising around my butterfly bush - thought it was a hummingbird at first due to its size.
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Posted on 8/11/25 at 6:10 pm to TigerTatorTots
Clearwing Hummingbird Moth, also called a hawk moth.
This post was edited on 8/11/25 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 8/11/25 at 6:22 pm to AFtigerFan
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Hummingbird Moth
They are pretty cool to see. We have some that come around from time to time
Posted on 8/11/25 at 6:32 pm to AFtigerFan
Thanks - definitely a cool thing to watch. Have never seen one of these as long as I've lived herePosted on 8/11/25 at 6:42 pm to TigerTatorTots
quote:No problem. I’ve never heard of them. I saved your picture and put it into the picture insect ID app.
Thanks - definitely a cool thing to watch
Posted on 8/12/25 at 10:04 am to TigerTatorTots
Interesting. I’ve never seen one. Where are you?
Posted on 8/12/25 at 10:51 am to jake wade
Madisonville LA
Posted on 8/12/25 at 10:56 am to TigerTatorTots
Sphinx or hawk moths are actually pretty common around La but usually mistaken as a hummingbird or even bumblebee. I see them visiting a large patch of gingers. Most species are night fliers. The caterpillar of the spotted hawk moth is better known/hated than the adult.... tomato hornworm.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 1:52 pm to TigerTatorTots
I've seen these several times. The fact you got pictures that good is impressive. Those things are fast! I've only seen them in the late evening.
Posted on 8/12/25 at 2:55 pm to TigerTatorTots
Looks like a yellow bellied sap sucker.
Posted on 8/13/25 at 5:49 pm to jflsufan
web-footed red-crested lake loon
Posted on 8/14/25 at 9:11 am to TigerTatorTots
My wife called to me a week or two back and said “there is a hummingbird caught in a flower”. I looked, and when it stopped thrashing about told her it was a moth. Then I went and helped it get unstuck. Don’t think I’d ever seen one before.
Posted on 8/14/25 at 7:41 pm to Tree_Fall
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The caterpillar of the spotted hawk moth is better known/hated than the adult.... tomato hornworm.
I did not know this!
Posted on 8/17/25 at 9:59 am to Tree_Fall
I saw one for the first time this year near ATL in our garden. Really cool insect, luckily didn't get the hornworms on the tomatoes. A miracle I suppose.
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