Hummingbird Moths on the Farm

Reader Contribution by Lisa Doucette
Published on August 18, 2010
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For several weeks now I’ve been noticing flying objects in the honeysuckle vine at night. I thought they were hummingbirds. They were smaller than the hummingbirds but they sucked the nectar the same way and hovered like them also. But they had antennae.       

So I got up close and personal with them. Googled them. They were hummingbird hawk moths. Well that’s what I think they are. They are soooo cool! They’re just as good photo subjects as the chickens!! One night I thought, “I should try photographing them.” So last night I did. I got a few good shots.

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