Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Hummingbird moths - who all see's 'em?, 1 by lmelling

lmelling wrote:
We get this beautiful little moth up here in Ithaca, NY. The first time I saw one I did a double take, because it looked like a hummingbird from a distance, but it was too small. Over the summer months that year I saw them again and again. I finally turned to the internet to find out what they were.

They are called hummingbird moths - hemaris thysbe. You can find lots of information and pictures of them online. Here's one I snapped. Not a great shot but I didn't have a digital camera then! Does anyone else see them around their gardens?