Hummingbird Clearwing Moth photographed at my community garden yesterday [OC]

Didn't even know such a thing existed. At first I thought it was a baby hummingbird until I got closer and saw the fur and antennae.

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jrwperformance@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Hover shrimp.

Lol, I don't know why but I feel kinda bad for laughing at that, poor cute non-dinosaur birb

hutchmcnugget@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Is this an example or convergent evolution or mimicry? Or something else I'm not aware of?

Yes (convergent part), but I would say that it's more like the bird(s) one is converging to take the classic infect job

laurel@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Holy shit this is amazing. Stunning capture too! What did you use to ID?

Thanks, I used Google Lens to reverse image search and then cross referenced the results with my state’s biodiversity page.

Beautiful shot. We get to see them around where I live luckily.

Hubi@feddit.de · 6 pts · 2y

I love these little guys, they were all over our garden when I was a kid. It's been a few years since I've seen one unfortunately :(

Beautiful shot considering how fast they move.

Absolutely beautiful shot! It's stunning.

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