Posted by audacityx on July 3, 2010, 10:59 pm
I am an avid gardener, and outdoor person. I live in SE Michigan. I
observed something flying, and feeding on my new butterfly bush.
Something, that I have never seen, before. At first, I thought that
it was a very large bumblebee. Looking closer, I realized that it was
moving its wings, like a hummingbird. It was about 1 1/4 - 1 1/2
inches long. What, I hope, will identify it, is the fact that it had 2
very bight yellow stripes, each about, 1/8th inch thick, running
across its lower body. Search the net, can't locate anything, like
it. I thought that I knew everything that crawled, flew, and
slithered, guess not!! Thanks, for any help.
Posted by Pat Kiewicz on July 4, 2010, 7:56 am
audacityx said:
>I am an avid gardener, and outdoor person. I live in SE Michigan.
I
>observed something flying, and feeding on my new butterfly bush.
>Something, that I have never seen, before. At first, I thought that
>it was a very large bumblebee. Looking closer, I realized that it was
>moving its wings, like a hummingbird. It was about 1 1/4 - 1 1/2
>inches long. What, I hope, will identify it, is the fact that it had 2
>very bight yellow stripes, each about, 1/8th inch thick, running
>across its lower body. Search the net, can't locate anything, like
>it. I thought that I knew everything that crawled, flew, and
>slithered, guess not!! Thanks, for any help.
I think it must have been one of the Sphinx or clearwing moths.
Maybe Nessus sphinx
<http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/images?l456>
Scroll down to search all the Michigan Sphingidae here:
<http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/map?ds#&_dcs=1>
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Pat in Plymouth MI
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I
>observed something flying, and feeding on my new butterfly bush.
>Something, that I have never seen, before. At first, I thought that
>it was a very large bumblebee. Looking closer, I realized that it was
>moving its wings, like a hummingbird. It was about 1 1/4 - 1 1/2
>inches long. What, I hope, will identify it, is the fact that it had 2
>very bight yellow stripes, each about, 1/8th inch thick, running
>across its lower body. Search the net, can't locate anything, like
>it. I thought that I knew everything that crawled, flew, and
>slithered, guess not!! Thanks, for any help.