Bird like insect......

[ronjhall]

It appears some of the links from my thread of 2002 do not work. Here is a more current link. Click Here
From the info provide in the above link it looks like a Laurel sphinx (Sphinx kalmiae).
Doing a search for "Humming Bird Moth" brings up a few hits.

 

[arthr31]

sorry, i thought the luna's could look like what was posted as picture..

 

[TonyV]

Accurate moth identification can be tricky, even for the experts since so many of them look similar. The closest match that I'd found is this guy here.........
Laurel Sphinx moth

If not this exact moth...I'd say its at least some type of Sphinx for sure....there are dozens of them.

....Tony

 

[slapshot]

I've had these around our gardens at dusk as well. Really took me by surprise the first time I saw one.
Looked like a moth with the fuzzy antenna, but had the long flower probe thingy and beat his wings like crazy.
Here's more info
http://www.birds-n-garden.com/hummingbird_moths.html

-dave

 

[anthonyk]

Yep, it's a moth. We used to catch these out on the south shores of Long Island in the summer.

anthony

 

[PineRidge]

Junk maybe you can tell me what these bugs in my garden are called. They seem to melt in my mouth, not in my hand. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Junkman]

MMMMmm MMMMMmm good beatles from Mars..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif