I was out in my garden to day and I thought I saw a hummer but it was the tinyest one Id ever seen .. it was about the size of a 50cent piece..as I slowly moved closer it turned out it was what I call a hummer moth.. I dont know the correct name.. it was busy feeding at my alstomeria blossoms and it was so cool.. I didnt have a camera with me so no pics ... it had beautful yellow and black marking on the wings, moving just like a hummer would.. Ive seen them before but not this small... are there more than one type??? it was just so dainty. I love finding new visitors at my flowers.. makes all the work worth while!!!
not a hummer but...
Is this what you saw, if so its a Humming Bird moth? I have many of them this year for some reason.
it sorta looked like that but not as big.. but it was neat!!!
I've been seeing those this year, too. Then yesterday something even huger, with a red thorax and more of a wasp-shaped body.
I'm still really short of bees and butterflies. Plenty of blooms, but the insect population still hasn't picked up. I've noticed a lot of variety in the butterflies, but only one or two of each.
Tent caterpillars in the mulberry tree, I guess that's something...
Here is an ID chart, maybe it will help. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/gallery?f=30&_st=1
I see them occasionally and since they move so fast and those wings never stop it is hard to identify them. They are neat little buggers :)
Im pretty sure it was this one..
Nessus sphinx
(Amphion floridensis) but I wasnt as close as Id like to have been but the colloring looks about right.. they are really neat!