Is it a baby hummingbird? A cute, fuzzy bug? A flying miniature lobster? SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWER o_O
ANSWER: At first glance this cute and busy little critter looks like a baby hummingbird. Look at how he moves! But after further investigation I discovered this bird is a bug impostor! See the antennae and proboscis? He (or she) is a Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Hemaris Thysbe). Yup, a diurnal moth. Cheeky little bugger!!! And much cuter than a mosquito!
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i think its a hummingbird
thats one big moth
agreed, humming bird doesn’t have antannas and u can clearly tell also from the legs… BUT WOW BIG MOTH
thats not a humming bird all i can tell you is that its a type of insect hummingbirds dont have 4 legs
To my surpise, I also saw these moths at the terracotta warriors monument near Xi’an, China.
It is called a hummingbird moth. They use their straw type nose to get the nectar from the centre of the flowers. We get them in our garden and have seen them on holidays
It is called a diurnal moth. I think I spelled that right. If in doubt read the rest of the info posted.
i saw one of those in branson- its a hummingbird. i THINK i can see its feet!
it is not a moth, you idiots, moths wings are not that fast! and plus, moths are mostly ALL brown and they don’t suck out that stuff real fast and don’t move fast! NO DUH!
luckityduckity, i must say you have no room to talk, calling these people idiots. they are right. i work at an insectarium and aquarium and i most certainly know that this is a moth. i know its hard to believe because of its wings, but believe it or not, you dont know everything! and actually, moths arent MOSTLY all brown. they are more beautiful than butterflies.
It’s a moth not a hummingbird. Anny more questions ??? Stupid.
looks like a tomato hornworm moth
we had these on our butterfly bush, they are called hummingbird moths… ps there is no such thing as a baby moth.. that would be a caterpillar… :0) They are in the hawkmoth catagory. There are a couple varieties. Moths have feathery antenna, butterflies have smooth antenna Corysod is right.
its prolly a babay moth
We call them “Hummingbugs!” You get them in Denver around poppy plants in the afternoon and evening. So cute.
Hummingbird moth, look it up. They’re my favorite.
a bug
Some hawk moths, like the hummingbird hawk moth, hover in midair while they feed on nectar from flowers and are sometimes mistaken for hummingbirds.
its a moth x
It’s a moth, I now that for sure. It’s body is too stocky to be a butterfly or anything else really.
its really a hummingbird moth…. but im gunna go with a lion
I had seen the same bug last summer in our garden here in germany! They are called ‘Nektarsammler’ ! It’s not a humming bird!
Is a butterfly
OMG we founded big foot!
its a moth…
what the heck does the hummingbird have 6 legs or am i seeing things?
Birds dont have antennae… it’s a Humming Bird Moth.