my dad had these things all over his yard one day and says to me , hey look at all the hummingbirds. i thought they were cool but i was able to get really close to them and they wouldnt react like birds do. after seeing the bug like features on them i told my dad they were insects not birds. well of course my dad could never be wrong ever so he yelled at me that they were birds and not to touch them. i went to the library (this was 1994) and after hours of looking through bird books i found them, of course in a bug book. i took the book to him and said hey look dad they are called hawk moth humingbirds, an insect. HA... beause it had hummingbird in the name he grabbed the book from me and threw it down and said "SEE ITS A HUMMINGBIRD". he just had to be right ......baa

@PolPotsPieHole

Жыл бұрын

saw these last week doing their thing in a Home depot flower section. People were like "look hummingbirds" and I said "no, those are hummingbird moths", the look they all gave me, lol

@dangdart3236

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like my dad

@cherrytwizzler

11 ай бұрын

Listen to your father.

@Mythraen

10 ай бұрын

Have you considered... That hummingbirds are a type of moth?!

@man_made_marsupial

9 ай бұрын

​@@PolPotsPieHolesome people are NPCs

I see these guys often in my garden and on the terrace buzzing around flowers. Really beautiful insect. When i was young i thought they were real hummingbirds.

@donnajohnson3334

3 жыл бұрын

HummingBIRDS don't have antenna. First of these Hawk moths I ever saw was a little clearwing. I saw a big Whitelined Shinx the other day. That family has more branches than the Addams family !. I was shocked some eat tomato plants, some eat tobacco plants and some can switch food plants which is something most caterpillars cant do. Amazing family.

I have Mottephobia and there is an invasion of moths where I live. I’m always on edge and terrified. I remember these months from a sleep away camp that I used to go to and how they would sit on my hands. They’re so beautiful and they really calm me down and remind me that moths are harmless. Thank you months. ☺️

@dangdart3236

Жыл бұрын

That might help me, but for me it’s their size and unnatural fuzziness that scares me. Maybe ill give it a try though?

@player2discgolf292

11 ай бұрын

Give it a few moths

@Teddingtin

8 ай бұрын

How are you scared of moths bro? They’re literally the most chill and non threatening looking bugs.

@JI0MB

6 ай бұрын

@@Teddingtin They fly right at your face and tend to move very erratically.

I really love those little creatures, there have been so many in my garden this year! I think they're so unbelievably cute.

@brendacortez2624

4 жыл бұрын

What plants do they go on?

@Kaddi666

4 жыл бұрын

@@brendacortez2624 I'm not sure, you'd have to look that up but they were flying around our Roses and Lilac a lot

@hessu3

11 ай бұрын

@@brendacortez2624 They love the evening prime rose and the flowering tobacco 🦋

Nature never ceases to amaze me.

They are darling creatures, if I see one (or more!) it is a good day indeed!

@jennifercorona3804

5 жыл бұрын

In my front yard there's like 10

I know its a bug but i want to think its a bird! How cute!

@philiptucker6119

5 жыл бұрын

getcrunk69 if you stand about 5 feet from it you can feel the wind force it creates just like a hummingbird :D they are pretty friendly and let you get close to em

@kmankman8519

5 жыл бұрын

Its very similar to a hummingbird in apearance and flight . both very interesting and beautiful creatures

@crimcram

4 жыл бұрын

It looks like a Bird and Bug Hybrid to me when I first saw this thing

@SquirrelPotatoes

4 жыл бұрын

It's all cute until it lays eggs in your tomato plants...

@rajasekharn1665

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/fpuB1aabZa7Pj7g.html Please do watch!!!

I generally find all bugs skin-crawlingly creepy as all hell, but this hummingbird hawk-moth creature is pretty cool!

@Dogman_35

9 жыл бұрын

Trump Voodoo Well you can rest easy, at night, as these creatures only come out in the day.

@lisavach872

9 жыл бұрын

Dogman_35 I saw this little guy for the first time tonight after dark...

@bananac6

9 жыл бұрын

They actually come out at day and night. I just wrote a paper on this creature :)

@R1ptide_Drag0n

5 жыл бұрын

What about poodle moths?

@tracykoskela7195

5 жыл бұрын

@@Dogman_35 Friend, this is not true. Last night at 11:00 pm was watering my garden, as it has been hot here. There were two of these moths out and feeding on my pansies in pitch black! I had a head lamp on and looked over to see these two amazing hawk-moths! They were attracted to my light - so, I got a pretty good look at them!! They do fly at night for sure ;)

When I was a kid I caught one thinking it was a bird but when I saw it up close I screamed and let it go with my skin crawling lmao

@crimcram

4 жыл бұрын

Blood Beryl That’s not nice

@OshinTorek

3 жыл бұрын

ikr

@donnajohnson3334

3 жыл бұрын

Why, I wonder when it CAN'T hurt you ?. You could never milk snakes, right ?. Alot of people are just squimish, though. Blessings.

Aw, what cute little antennaes.

I saw one of these last night in Euless, Texas. Thought it was a hummingbird until I saw it's antennae.

wow that's a hummingbird moth! Candy foe my eyes ! ❤️💋Beautiful footage, thanks.

is it a bird is it a plane no its VENOMOTH

@crimcram

4 жыл бұрын

Sir Embrum49 The Great Moth My Favorite poison type

I have euonymus bushes along my driveway here in south Texas (Houston area) and in the fall they flower and really put off a sweet smell. Several years ago I was looking at it and saw these hummingbird moths which at first I thought were miniature humming birds but upon closer examination I realized they were insects. I have never seen anything like this before but in the fall there they are with the honeybees loading up on the nectar from my flowering euonymus bushes.

@PolPotsPieHole

Жыл бұрын

I like euonymus but they attract flies bad here in Colorado are they like that there?

I was amazed the first time I saw one of these beauties!!

If I see one flying into a light I always make it land on my hand and then I go outside and place it somewhere far away from the lights.

@frank234561

6 жыл бұрын

Simon Keel Fuck these moths. The caterpillar stage destroys tomatoes and other veggies. These things should be wiped out.

@tbgjesus8137

6 жыл бұрын

@@frank234561 no. That would create a butterfly-effect situation in which if this animal gets extinguished it would create a repercussion on the other animals lives

@iamdamosuzuki_

5 жыл бұрын

When they become moths they pollinate just like hummingbirds and bees.

@vorpalweapon4814

5 жыл бұрын

@@frank234561 but that would kinda destroy the ecosystem

@Ricobaca

5 жыл бұрын

@@tbgjesus8137 So.

it's easy to tell a hummingbird from a hummingbird moth, because the moth can't stay perfectly still while hovering.

I had never seen or heard of these until I moved to New Mexico. Now it's pretty routine in the summer, just after sunset. The species here is exactly this one. They're mesmerizing to watch.

@PolPotsPieHole

Жыл бұрын

see them here in Colorado, they are everywhere at dusk, they never seem to use hummingbird feeders like the birds do, they seem to favor Petunias

They're kinda cute and may help combat my irrational fear of moths.

@kinglyzard

9 жыл бұрын

Skyrilla Cool, and never, EVER watch Silence of the Lambs... LOL

Real life pokemon lol

Love 🏞️nature and the amazingly creatures all around us. This is why it's vital to protect # our planet 🌏

I saw one the other day in Glendale AZ. It piqued my curiosity so I used my phone to capture the moment. I was just so perplexed by seeing a zebra-patterned hairy bug with dragonfly wings and the body of a slug or bizarrely warped butterfly acting like it thought it was a hummingbird doing what a hummingbird do when it do it with a flower.

I just saw one of these beauties feed right in front of me! Thank you for sharing this wonderful footage and pictures.

oh my heavens I did not know this creature existed. Beautiful!

Just saw one in italy for the first time in 30 years!!! It was beautiful to see doing his job, he is so cute lol

Around summer time these moths show up in droves around my house. They love the flowers. My wife hates them but I think they are really cool.

I saw one today in my yard, on Chicago's Northwest side. I was a little disappointed it wasn't a hummingbird but when I did the research - well, it's pretty great to see one iof these creatures too! I couldn't capture it on film so your video left me show my family what I saw- thanks!

One would always come by growing up, and I so desperately want to catch it. I thought it was a hummingbird for the longest time, but when I finally caught it, I was amazed to see it wasn’t! Still a very incredible species.

I saw one of these almost 2 decades ago in Long Beach. I randomly thunk up that day and decided to do some research. This moth loos EXACTLY like the one I saw. I've never seen another one again in 2 decades.

I saw one of these at work in the garden center. Its proboscis was nearly 10 inches long. It tripped me out

Wow it's like a hybrid animal

@Lykoloo

8 жыл бұрын

Convergent evolution

It's probably the cutest moth ever. Never even knew they existed but I'm glad I got to see it's beauty.

Amazing creature! I saw one today in my Northern Ohio garden, and thought it was a hummingbird! The one thing that made me think that it's not, is it's tiny size.

Moths are amazing!

That's what hummingmoth looks like. I'd heard about it. Cute

Wait! It's pretty. .... It's scary. If it flew towards me, I'd probably run away but it's not extremely unpleasant to look at. Insect-type-things scare me terribly, especially the ones that fly, but this creature gives me mixed feelings to an extent. Nope, it's scary!

I used to see these moths in my garden but I don't see them anymore. I don't know what happened to them. They're so neat!

I grow up with my grandma who had a small flower garden back in the day, I would go and washed the different butter flies and bees that would come to the flowers and saw these and never knew what they were wow amazing.

I wonder if the fact that they look like birds makes them less likely to be eaten by other birds.

This is a beautiful video George very well put together I really enjoyed this I have seen a few myself but not many Kind Regards ~ Tom

i just saw one of these today and imediately had to know what it was i was seeing. i even got some pics of it after it landed in a bush. they are so pretty

This so lovely.. 🌍❤️🦋

We had one visit our buddleia in our garden yesterday. Never seen one before....they really look like hummingbirds. Amazing creature.

There was a hummingbird and this hummingbird hawk moth at my garden that were friends

Moths: We have evolved the nocturnal lifestyle for millions of years, and spend the day hiding from predators. This moth: Haha wings go brrrrrrrr

It is sometimes called the Hawk Moth or Sphinx Moth. But its caterpillar form is the common tomato worm.

Soooo cute and beautiful💖💖💖💖💖🤗😍😍😍😍😍

One time while walking my dog at 6:00pm before dinner, we went to a spot with a few white flowers. I was with my friends who were helping hide a fallen nest with two small birds when a Hummingbird Hawkmoth flew in and hovered over the daisies. I never knew Hummingbird hawkmoths live in my country (Philippines) and I was amazed by how still they can keep themselves in the air. I called to my friends to look at it but shortly after it flew off afterward. I have a few fair share of moth encounters from Sphinx Moths, to normal brown Moths, to Atlas Moths, but this encounter was incredible.

That one has such beautiful markings

The Wonders and Wisdom of GOD, Praise HIM ☝️

that's really cute!!

I'm literally shaking watching this video. I even try to lose my phobia of moths, but nature is unfair to me! These guys are so scary! 😭

I occasionally see these flying around in my area. I'm glad I know what it is

These things are amazing.

That is a white lined spinx moth It is a delight to behold

I was perplexed by one of these this summer. I saw it several days in a row but couldn't get close enough to tell if it was a moth or actual hummingbird.thanks for the identification.

I'm pretty torn about these guys because the moth is cool but when they're larva they're tobacco horn worms and they destroy tomatoes and peppers.

Just saw one when I opened my truck door and there it was. Very interesting and amazing!

This is cute but creepy at the same time and I love it

A co-worker just told me about this beautiful specimen. WHAT AN AMAZING CREATURE!

Beautiful

I live in Naples, and I met one of these on my Lantana Camara! I hope it enjoyed it, for there were a lot of fresh flowers! :D

I seen one of these hiking the other day , and thought it was a humming bird and I was shocked it flew so close (because humming birds are usually timid) And i got a closer look and took off running full speed 😂, looked like a alien , freakiest thing I’ve ever seen!

my mom and her mom were in the garden while i was away at school and apparently one of these flew by feeding on flowers and my nan nearly fell off her stepladders, she thought it was like a giant wasp still i haven't seen one of these, only the Poplar and Lime hawk moth, and some Elephant hawk moth caterpillars today i found something that wasn't even close to being a moth, it was a Click Beetle, it didn't click at all cos it didn't fall over and i didn't nudge it, but when i was getting my mom to see it, the beetle opened it's wings and flew away, i had no idea Click Beetles fly

I just seen one of these at night I couldn’t tell what it was but it’s color gave it away. It looks just like a hummingbird

Saw this in my garden last night was a little freaked out when it was a bug and not a bird

Just saw one of these in real life and thought I found a new species😳 beautiful though

Took about 20 pictures of one of these in my yard on my phone and running them through google lens and here I am.

I saw one today in downtown Chicago and I was intrigued. I didn't know what it was because I'd never seen anything like it. I described it as a butterfly looking hummingbird insect. I also got a cool video of it. Can't wait to upload it.

I saw one yesterday here in Vegas!!!!!!!

I LIVE IN GRANT Nebraska, and I have pics/videos of this month, .. A few weeks ago right in front of me, was a humming, I was in awe, by the time I saw him, in AWE, TRIED TO GET PICTURE, BUT HE FLEW AWAY. ANOTHER AWESOME , PROVE OF OUR LORDS CREATION LET GOD'S CREATION BLOW YOUR MIND. IT DOES MINE🕊️💜🕊️. Are these moths related to humming birds?

It's so beautiful

Amazing creatures.

I could've seen one of these things every time I thought I saw a hummingbird and would not have known it

So damn cute 😊

These were quite common in my garden years back

Great video, honestly. I had one of these suckers as a pet for about a year. Little bugger was named, Mary Jane. I loved that thing nearly every day and would pick it fresh flowers on my way home from work. Anyway 1 like = 1 prayer for my pet. Like if youre here in 2023.

I remember catching one of these right before I started first grade. I. Thought it was a humming bird. Kept it in an empty strike anywhere match box for a few hours. I opened the box to show it off and was gone.

I was just trying to take out the trash then I looked over at my mothers garden and saw a hummingbird like creature, then I realized how small it was and didn’t have the body shape like a hummingbird. I didn’t have my phone so I couldn’t get a photo but when I slammed the trash bin open it flew away like an insect? I took out the trash then went back inside and told my father. At first he didn’t believe me but then I found images on google. He wanted to see a video to see how they moved and we were both amazed. He says he’s really never seen such a pretty insect that’s so awesome! Now we are planting those flowers everywhere haha!

I seen one of these as a kid and I knew it was a big somehow but I couldn’t believe how much it looked like a hummingbird

Pretty! Another species to find to add into my Moths I’ve Seen list!

Got pics if this little beauty.

It’s a bird, it’s a bug, It’s a jaw moth hummingbird 😊 I seen my first one today 😊😊

I remember seeing this And I thought it was a humming bird so I took a video of it and I showed it to my mom and she was like “Now, this is a hummingbird hawk moth. They look like a hummingbird but are actually insects.” My Brain: *what the fuck*

I went in my garden like 5min ago and saw two of them. They really do look like a mini bird

I just saw one. That is why I'm here.❤

Very cool. One visits my 4 o'clocks every night. And my honeysuckle.

i always thought as a child they were humming birds

I just seen one of these. It was creepy. Right before dark at a honeysuckle bush.

no matter how beautiful it is, it's still a fucking moth😫

@thesalviniadude3882

3 жыл бұрын

so what

now watch Bear fucking Grylls come up and eat it

so amazing

Great video.

Be careful. You might get akumatized

As a bird lover with lepidopterophobia, these things scare me so bad

Amazing.

I saw one of these in the garden and thought it was a hummingbird untill I got closer.

Adorable! I love moths in general, and these in particular. I wish I could see some myself but I don't think there are any in eastern Canada...

@jeffdubuque5699

8 жыл бұрын

I have seen them here in southwestern Ontario on hot humid nights.

This is an incredible species.

I love bugs. Cool video.