On 8/15/2012 11:02 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2012-08-15 20:50 Walt Gilbert wrote
This appears to be the one:
http://www.birds-n-garden.com/snowberry_clearwing_hummingbird_moths.html
/Hemaris diffinis/, according to that page. And it looks to be a
pretty good
match for the one in the photo.
cool shot, and no doubt about that identification
out here we have a different moth with similar behavior, larger i
think, that is a favorite of our cats in early summer:
<http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/Pests/hummingb.htm>
Thanks, Steve!
That's a great-looking moth. Have you tried getting photos of them? I
bet they'd make a pretty striking photo in good light.
-- Walt
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