A hummingbird moth in Zion National Park
Posted August 22nd, 2007 in [hide]
These moths act a lot like the birds they’re named for, except that they’re found exclusively in the southern desert.
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I just saw one of these in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was the coolest thing!!!! I watched it from inches away and even held my finger under it’s belly and almost had it sitting there.
Thanks for having this picture up online. It’s the only one I have found so far that looks clearly exactly like the one I was playing with!! =)
I just took a photo of one just like this in South Dakota!
I have three of these hanging out in my butterfly garden in Wichita,Kansas. They do resemble a hummingbird so closely.
My daughter and I have been watching 2 of them the last couple days! So exciting
We were joking about it being a “hummingbird moth thing” and when I googled it this came up…how cool!
I forget to say that we are in Lawrence,Ks.
We just saw two of these feeding from our honeysuckle last night at dusk. Thought the were hummingbirds also until we saw the antennas. We are in Lawrence KS also.
One of these frequents the row of yellow cannas on the south side of my house. I live in northeast Arkansas and have lived in this area most of my life, but until this fella showed up, I never even knew they existed. They’re oddly beautiful.
Been watching two…I think they were mating on my washing hanging out. We are 30 miles north of London :0)
I live in Altoona, Iowa. For the past several evenings around 8:30pm CST I have had two hummingbird moths feeding at my petunia planter. I have been told these are seen exclusively in the southern desert. Has anyone else seen these anywhere in the midwest before?