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Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES #105, 0 by yakmon

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yakmon wrote:
I caught a glimpse of a hummingbird type moth on the beach (Padre Island National Seashore) this weekend. It had an extremely long proboscis and was feeding on a yellow flower right on the beach. When I say long, I mean 3-4 inches! I got some video of it, but it was low light and my camera has a fairly slow frame rate, so I can't be sure what it was.

Here is a link to the video. I slowed it down some so you could see the moth better. Sorry for the poor quality...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_eyVQDabM&feature=youtu.be

This is a picture of the flower it was feeding on.

Russell



Russell