Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbird Moth

2014-08-13 Thread Geo Kloppel
Hi Kathy, Around our area, that's probably Hemaris thysbe. Here's a link to an article with nice photos. Make sure to look at the caterpillars! http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/hthysbe.htm -Geo On Aug 13, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Kathleen Kramer wrote: > Although this posting isn't about a bird, i

[cayugabirds-l] Hummingbird Moth

2014-08-13 Thread Kathleen Kramer
Although this posting isn't about a bird, it's close! On Monday, my husband and I noticed what we thought was a very large bee visiting the pink petunias planted near our garage. Looking closer, we saw it wasn't a bee, and now seemed to resemble a small hummingbird. We knew it was neither, e