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Garden Insect Mystery
Posted on 8/21/2006
Rob took this picture in our backyard, initially thinking it was a hummingbird. We think it might be a shrimp/butterfly/frog hybrid, possibly caused by the radon recently detected in our neighbor's home. Do you know what it really is?
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Posted at 6:59 PM on 8/28/2006 by barbara
Yes, it's definitely a shroggerfly. All it needs is some cocktail sauce. Yum!
Mystery insect
Posted at 3:18 PM on 8/29/2006 by Anonymous
Definitely lepidoptrous---member of the moth family . What size was it?
Jim
Jim
size
Posted at 3:31 PM on 8/29/2006 by ThoughtForFood
It was about a couple of inches, maybe a little longer.
Hummingbird Clearwing moth
Posted at 2:45 PM on 8/30/2006 by Anonymous
It looks like a Hummingbird moth to me, and most likely one shown on this page: http://whatsthatbug.com/clearwing_moth.html
Go to the third pic down dated 08/17/2005
You can do an image search on google and find lots of these little guys, an amazing number of them on butterfly bushes.
Go to the third pic down dated 08/17/2005
You can do an image search on google and find lots of these little guys, an amazing number of them on butterfly bushes.
hummingbird moth
Posted at 11:24 PM on 5/26/2007 by Anonymous
i ran across your blog surfing about the internet and it's definitely a hummingbird moth. here is a picture that looks almost exactly like the pic you took.
http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/cape_cod/pages/hummingbird%20moth.htm
stacey
http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/cape_cod/pages/hummingbird%20moth.htm
stacey