Re: Strange beast sighting
- From: "W. D. Grey" <Bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:42:30 +0100
In article <Xns993F54BB1C60Escottseidmanmindspri@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Scott Seidman <namdiesttocs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Trodding back to my car from a day on the water, I was passing through a
phlox patch, and saw what I thought was a large honeybee gathering nectar.
This might seem quite stupid, but I'm pretty sure it was not a honeybee.
It seemed to be about twice the size of a honeybee. The wing beats were
extremely fast, and it darted about more like what I think of in a
hummingbird-- very good hover, rapid darting pattern with extremely sudden
stops. There were some prominent yellow and black stripes on the back,
where an abdomen would want to be--maybe two yellow and one black.
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??
I was with somebody else, and neither of us would identify this as a bee.
Any ideas? I'm in Western NY, if that helps.
There is a moth - well in the UK there is - called a Humming Bird Moth due to its resemblance to said bird. - look it up when you have a chance.
--
Bill Grey
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