Hummingbird Moth

[ranunculus]

I believe this large moth is a "Hummingbird Moth" Hemaris diffinis. It was zipping around stopping only momentarily for a sip of nectar.  Phone cameras are amazing!

Comments

[pameladean]

Oh, great shot! That's what it looks like to me too. P.

[scytale]

What a beauty!!

[cmcmck]

Impressive shot!

[iddewes]

Fab photo! It looks like that to me, though it’s different from the ones we get in Europe.

[ranunculus]

There seem to be a number of species. This is one if the "clearwing" family.

[iddewes]

Yes, we get this guy over here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird_hawk-moth?wprov=sfti1#
More brown looking than yours.

[shirebound]

Wow, look at that! Great sighting.

[weird]

What a photo!!

[zenigotchas]

How beautiful. It reminds me a lot of a bumblebee (I actually thought it was one until I read your description lol).

[yourlibrarian]

Ooh, great catch!

[turlough]

Fantastic photo!

[mistressofmuses]

I saw one of these guys a bit over a week ago! I barely got a shot of it, but they're so neat! Great picture. I love it in combination with the bumblebee; you can really see what its colors are mimicking.

[adafrog]

Wow.

[jesse_the_k]

Fabulous catch!