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I saw this on my butterfly bush in northern California today. What is it? Had long beak like a hummingbird, body like a bee.?

Science & Mathematics by Anonymous 2018-06-18 21:33:44

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I saw this on my butterfly bush in northern California today. What is it? Had long beak like a hummingbird, body like a bee.?

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  • Anonymous

    It is in fact a hummingbird moth, Hemaris diffinis species. They mimic bees too avoid predation. That beak is their proboscis that coils up in flight. Nice find. https://bugguide.net/node/view/414739

  • Anonymous

    As someone else stated I believe that it is indeed a hummingbird moth. The quality of the photo is not very good but the V-shaped antenna seems pretty clear.

  • Anonymous

    It’s a hummingbird

  • Anonymous

    It's a type of Hummingbird Moth, almost looking like a bumble bee........... on purpose of course.

  • Anonymous

    That's a rare Muhammad Ali fly.

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