Can you see it?
I've circled it in this picture. It's in the lower right hand corner. Mr. GV and I came across this one afternoon in our front yard. At first we wondered----Could it be a hummingbird? It hovered just like the hummingbirds we have here. But we quickly threw that idea out as we were able to get a closer look. And then I started on the internet search. It took a while and I had to put in some odd search terms, but I finally came across a picture and name:
It's a nessus sphinx moth! I've lived in this area of the country for all but 2 of my nearly 40 years and this is the first time I've ever seen this creature.



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