Re: OT - Hummers??

Hummiungbird moths - We saw a bunch more of them this year than in the past,
so my hubby did a web search earlier this summer - I thought they were
really neat till he told me that they are the moth form of tomato hornworms
! (when the hornworm matures it turns into one of these !). And that
explains why we had more this year - I hadn't been to my veggie garden for
several days this summer, but sent hubby over to pick cherry tomatoes. He
told me that hornworms had hit us big time, and that he had picked off all
the ones he could see and threw them into the tall grass behind the garden
(without killing them ...hmmmm- - I think that they just crawled back into
the garden and continued to munch away, cause I sure found enough of them
the next couple of days. ).
----- Original Message -----
From: <WhtRos2@aol.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 6:33 AM
Subject: OT - Hummers??


> 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
> USDA z5a
>
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