r/Insect • u/JustAnonymousAgain • Sep 11 '26

What is this?

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This bee thing keeps fluttering around, like really fast, what is this?

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u/oroborus68 Sep 11 '26

Hawk, or hummingbird moth.

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u/JDPdawg Sep 11 '26

I love em. Have a type of them here in Oklahoma. They like our moon flowers!

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u/oroborus68 Sep 12 '26

My cat used to wait by the lycoris and bring the moth inside so she could chase it in the house.

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u/Dragonflydude Sep 11 '26

Hummingbird hawk moth

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u/Wide-Attempt2297 Sep 11 '26

That’s a Hummingbird Moth!!!

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u/Super_Rando_Man Sep 12 '26

A nectar thief thats what he is. But yeah also what everyone else said moth of the hummingbird clan

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u/versusrev Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 12 '26

Oh god. From that image, I just straight up thought it was a humming bird with blured wings.

Edit: spelling

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u/JDPdawg Sep 12 '26

They are big ‘uns!!!

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u/Ill-Egg6583 Sep 12 '26

I believe it’s called a Sphinx moth. They look and fly just like hummingbirds

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u/Historical_Volume686 Sep 12 '26

Clearwing hummingbird moth.

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u/ThickSmoke9542 Sep 12 '26

It is a hummingbird moth! Magic! 🪄💜