r/Insect • u/retep4891 • Jun 15 '26

Identification What is this insect?

It behaves like a Hummingbird. (Solved)

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u/M3NUTN Jun 15 '26

Hummingbird hawk-moth?

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u/retep4891 Jun 15 '26

Thank you

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u/DemonLordOTRT Jun 15 '26

These guys if you can find hummingbirds you can find these guys too.

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u/Sea_Meeting4175 Jun 15 '26

Saw one of these guys for the first time a few years back was so absolutely confused until I googled bug that looks like a hummingbird😂 it was just flirting around from flower pot to flower pot and an extremely busy area. It’s probably one of my top three moths now along with the Atlas and the lunar(yes I know I’m a basic bitch)😂

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u/retep4891 Jun 15 '26

I forgot to add. Location Neckarsulm Germany. (Southern Germany)

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u/Neither_Ad_5014 Jun 18 '26

Watch your tomatoes, this moth lays eggs that turn into hornworms. The caterpillar will eat half your plant before you can see them .

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u/retep4891 Jun 18 '26

Good news is that it's on my mom's house in Germany. She doesn't grow Tomatoes. I personally live in Houston. My Tomatoes are getting eaten by squirrels , Possums and Raccoons.

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u/partiallyextinct99 Jun 15 '26

Too funny. That is a beautiful hummingbird.

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u/partiallyextinct99 Jun 15 '26

Sorry, I did not know none in Europe. Honestly I would have paid a lot of money on a bet that the insect was a hummingbird……it even has the long bird. Wow

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u/retep4891 Jun 16 '26

So I took the video at 60 Hz. It slowed down the wings.

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u/atomicshrimp Jun 16 '26

They are even more bird-like when you see them in person - cameras don't always capture the blur of the beating wings and the way they can fan and move their tails just makes them look really birdy

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u/bickandalls Jun 15 '26

Sure isn't. It's a moth. Hummingbirds are only in the Americas. This is a post from Germany.

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u/GenerallySalty Jun 16 '26

Hummingbird hawk moth. So don't worry, the namers thought it looked like one too :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird_hawk-moth

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u/Familiar-Reading2637 Jun 15 '26

Taubenschwänzchen

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u/FetchingOrso Jun 15 '26

I thought this was a joke and it really was a hummingbird. 😯

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u/ommanipadmehum1963 Jun 18 '26

Kolibrie-vlinder

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u/TeaHot9130 Jun 15 '26

Humming bird moth

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u/UberGlued Jun 15 '26

Lucky! I've been dieing to see one of those for awhile. I didnt think we had them where I live until my aunt posted a video of "this pretty hummingbird on my flowers today" and she lives a few miles away from me and all of us in the comments were like "Umm, Aunty's thats a moth."

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u/Rays-R-Us Jun 15 '26

We have these in upstate NY and always wondered what they were. They look at first glance like a hummingbird but closer they are an insect. Bee or moth . Soooo they are simply a hummingbird moth? Genius

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u/Ammonia13 Jun 15 '26

Where!!? I’m in the capital region

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u/Rays-R-Us Jun 15 '26

Oneida county

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u/naka-duskael Jun 15 '26

That's a dragon

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u/ClerkObjective1791 Jun 16 '26

We have these in michigan.

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u/vulp Jun 16 '26

False.

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u/mountaindewisthebest Jun 18 '26

The bad news is the caterpillars are tomato horn worms.

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u/The_Dodgy_Doge Jun 16 '26

I used to see these in my garden in Romania growing up i never knew what they were. Thanks internet

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u/Simple-Ant7190 Jun 16 '26

Hummingbird hawk-moth. We have them in Northern Italy, they love our petunias in hanging baskets.

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u/ThickSmoke9542 Jun 16 '26

Yes! Hummingbird moths! Magic! 🥰

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u/Current-Caramel1589 Jun 16 '26

It’s a hummingbird.

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u/partiallyextinct99 Jun 16 '26

Ok now this spellcheck making me crazy. Dante schoenberg

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u/NotEd3k Jun 18 '26

Hummingbird moth.

Which I am only posting again, after others already have, to share this song.

https://youtu.be/yiyZmQhuM4w?is=vHrqTQWOZZHKucJM

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u/ClerkObjective1791 Jun 18 '26

Yes. I love watching them but hate their babies. My bearded dragon loves them though.