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Aug 21, 2016 16:54 |  #1

This is the first time I have seen one of these unique moths.

They hover over flowers like a hummingbird but fly off like a moth or butterfly.

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Aug 25, 2016 13:48 |  #2

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Aug 25, 2016 18:26 as a reply to  @ Dags's post |  #3

Thank you


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Aug 26, 2016 07:39 |  #4

Good captures, John. I've seen the clear-winged variety here occasionally and they are really something to observe and to photograph. Well done.


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Aug 26, 2016 13:20 |  #5

CDMOOSE wrote in post #18106854 (external link)
Good captures, John. I've seen the clear-winged variety here occasionally and they are really something to observe and to photograph. Well done.

Thanks Al. Very strange seeing what looks to be a hummingbird and have it be a moth. I agree they are something to see and photograph. Very enjoyable.


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Sep 01, 2016 22:49 |  #6

Great catch, John. Thanks for sharing.


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Sep 02, 2016 02:15 |  #7

The Bee of the Bird of the Moth!


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Sep 02, 2016 21:22 |  #8

WOW John- impressive shots


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Sep 03, 2016 17:38 |  #9

philk54 wrote in post #18114157 (external link)
Great catch, John. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Phil

Scrumhalf wrote in post #18114246 (external link)
The Bee of the Bird of the Moth!

LOL Sam

CaptBob wrote in post #18115113 (external link)
WOW John- impressive shots

Thank you Bob


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Sep 15, 2016 06:59 |  #10

Excellent captures, these don't stay still long.


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Sep 15, 2016 07:49 |  #11

Incredible pictures!




  
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Sep 15, 2016 21:13 |  #12

Lester Wareham wrote in post #18128727 (external link)
Excellent captures, these don't stay still long.


KFrost1 wrote in post #18128777 (external link)
Incredible pictures!

Thank you both. They definitely are quite active.


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Sep 15, 2016 23:34 |  #13

The Bee Of The Bird Of The Moth LYRICS

They Might Be Giants

Everyone is crying at the dread hypnotic flying
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
You can't walk, you can't ramble 'cause you're gonna have to scramble
From the bee of the bird of the moth

Catbug is a cat, but he's got bugness in his veins
Manhouse lives within himself with thoughtful human brains
Neither one is equal to the challenge of the freak we'll call
The bee of the bird of the moth

Now the moth defeats the mouse and man
It's messing with the plan, it can't be believed
'Cause it's just a hummingbird moth
Who's acting like a bird that thinks it's a bee

Got a brand new shipment of electrical equipment
It's addressed to the bottom of the sea
Send a tangerine-colored nuclear submarine
With a sticker that says STP

Windshield-wiper washer fluid spraying in the air
Head lice under hats lie in the headlights everywhere
Subatomic waves to the underwater caves
Of the bee of the bird of the moth

And the moth defeats the mouse and man
It's messing with the plan, it can't be believed
'Cause it's just a hummingbird moth
Who's acting like a bird that thinks it's a bee

Is it us or it that's messed up?

Everyone's deforming in the presence of the swarming
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
Protozoa, snakes, and horses have enlisted in the forces
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
All are irresistibly 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
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Sorry, John! :D


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