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From: donnam@ivory.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Donna Mitchell)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Hummingbird Moths
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Date: 18 Feb 91 15:26:03 GMT
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First Off, I know this is rec.birds and I am posting about an insect.
Unfortunately, there isn't a rec.insects, so I thought this the best
place.

Last friday, just about dusk, I saw something hovering around some geranimuns.
It acted much like a hummingbird, but not quite.  I was aware of the
existance of Hummingbird Moths (clearwings), so I thought that was what it 
was.  I looked up HM in my all-you-wanted-to-know-about-insects book.  The
general shape of the HM was right (including the long snout-like mouth), but 
that was about it.  The book said that they range coast-to-coast in the 
North and along the Gulf area.  I'm in inland southern California.  The book 
also discribed them as emerald and red gem colored, similar to a hummer.
Mine was beige and black (or dark brown) zebra stripped.  The stripping
was very noticable, in fact that was what first made me notice that it
wasn't a hummer.

Any ideas out there?

Thanks,
Donna
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