Re: Strange beast sighting

Tim Lysyk wrote:
Scott Seidman wrote:

I didn't get a close enough look to categorically say there was no beak, so I can't be sure, but I thought I saw a rather prominent probiscus for nectar collection-- maybe some sort of odd moth??


Probablt a clearwing moth. See http://www.birds-n-garden.com/snowberry_clearwing_hummingbird_moths.html

Not sure yours would be same species, but the family would be the same.

Also, see photos at


http://www.naturalsciences.org/funstuff/notebook/inverts/hummingbird_moth.html


also scroll down to at least the third photo on http://www.whatsthatbug.com/clearwing_moth.html

Tim Lysyk


Sorry, that should have been clear-winged *sphinx* moth. There is a different family called clearwinged moths that resemble wasps.

Tim Lysyk
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