Re: OT - Hummers??
- Subject: Re: OT - Hummers??
- From: "genebush" g*@otherside.com
- Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 08:51:51 -0400
Hello Barbara,
Sounds like you may have seen a hummingbird moth. Pretty common here
among the flowers. I am too lazy this am to do a web search for you, or try
to locate one of my "bug books" for the Latin... not of much use, I am
afraid. Do look into hummingbird moth.
Gene E. Bush Zone 6 Southern Indiana
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, LLC
http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
> Good Day, Y'all!
> We were sitting out on our glider this afternoon watching the hummers
around
> our feeders in the backyard. Lovely afternoon!
> Then we noticed something very strange -- we saw something we've never
seen
> B4!! It had the needle-nosed beak and wings of a hummingbird. But the body
> was more like a very long bumble bee with wide black stripes. Whole thing
> wasn't more than 1 1/2 inches long! It was having a good time minding its
own
> business drinking from all the phlox flowerettes!!! Never went to the
hummer
> feeders. My DH says it can't possibly be a hummingbird but we have no idea
> what else it could be. And no, I didn't get a picture. By the time I got
the
> camera it was gone!!
> So I said I would ask you-all. Surely some of you have seen this
"stranger"
> B4 and know what it is. We looked up hummingbirds but didn't see anything
> like it. Soooo... I am counting on you to help us out with this mystery!!!
> Barbara
> Rock Island, IL
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