RE: ever seen a...?

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• Subject: RE: [CHAT] ever seen a...?
• From: "Chris" c*@widom-assoc.com
• Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:34:31 -0400
• In-reply-to: 95C86048-B932-11D7-9B85-000A959AC6B4@rnet.com

Cathy, 

We have these also.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of cathy carpenter
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:15 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] ever seen a...?

Never heard of a hummingbird bee, but we have  hummingbird moths here. 
I see them frequently in the garden. They are clearwing moths, day 
feeders, cousins to the sphinx moths, but their larvae do not share the 
sphinx larvae's predilection for tomatoes! (tomato hornworm)
Cathy
On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 09:45 PM, Kitty wrote:

> I was touring the Display Gardens last evening around 7:30 and a
friend
> pointed out something I'd never seen or even heard of before: a 
> hummingbird
> bee.  Have you ever seen one?  Sort of bigger than a bee, smaller than

> a
> hummingbird. Wings and proboscis like a hummingbird, but also a fine 
> set of
> antennae.  Body was brownish to charcoal, appeared kind of furry
maybe?
> Does anyone know what I'm talking about?  It was fascinating!
>
> Kitty
>
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