Is This a Hummingbird? Or What?

I've only seen Ruby Throated Hummingbirds in our area.

Spotted this busy little guy today in my petunias.

Any ID?

Thanks!

Here's another view.

And another.

Next to last photo.

And the last.

Thanks everyone!

That is a Hummingbird Moth. They can give you more info over on the Bug ID forum. I seem to remember that their cat's are really big, hungry plant eaters ^_^
Here is a link to that forum: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/bugid/all/

This message was edited Jul 8, 2009 5:49 PM

Thank you so much. I'll go check it out.

I wasn't able to snap a front shot, this guy was quick and sounded just like a hummer, but as it flew from one petunia to another I did notice it's long antennae.

This message was edited Jul 9, 2009 6:56 PM

Here is a link to the bug: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/264

Oh my gosh! The wierdest thing happened to me??? I looked at this thread before I went to bed and had a horrifying dream about this hummingbird moth! I dreamed that it attacked me and stung me on the fingers extremely hard, very painful. I was trying to kill it with a tennis racket but it was too fast. Finally I killed it. When I woke up, my arm was asleep and my fingers were tingling real bad. LOL. Sounds crazy, but I have seen these bugs before, and I don't like them. They also had me fooled at first, thought it was some kind of hummingbird. UGH! I don't like bugs. But Very good pictures of it. :)

Strange story! But don't worry - hummingbird moths are completely harmless

Resin

Will they be destructive in my veggies & flowers?

05 -- If you enjoy hummingbirds, you'd have liked this moth. Wish I could remember my dreams as vividly as you recalled yours! That was pretty funny. Don't read my "what's slithering" thread, morning or night, if this guy gave you the willies.

I don't mind snakes oddly enough. And when I was a teenager I used to have a rose hair tarantula. But I think what ruined me with insects is the scorpions we have here, and these huge ugly horse flies. Oh, it just makes my skin crawl. No I love hummingbirds, not this insect that wants the be a hummer. I know that it's disguise. They're around here, they suck the sap that comes out of our oak trees. I just have a huge fear over bugs that are so big, that's all.

[quote][Will they be destructive in my veggies & flowers?/quote]
No; like nearly all moths, they have only a very small range of larval food plants. The caterpillars eat bedstraw Galium species, which are usually considered weeds. The adults only eat nectar.

Resin