armonk, new york

can anyone identify this creature?

update: identified! by ben as a hummingbird clearwing moth.

Its wings beat at several hundred times a minute -- this image was shot at 1/800 and failed to freeze the motion.

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notraces says:

Yes -- that's the South African Flying Teetse Stinging Butterfly -- having a little morning dew...
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

joe holmes says:

No, the South African Flying Teetse Stinging Butterfly is bright blue and three to four feet wide.
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Lowery says:

I thought the SAFTSB was a mottled pink and prefered stale beer?
Posted 51 months ago. ( permalink )

Cybermynd says:

Wonderful shot of a unique insect!
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Kirpernicus says:

This is ironic. Saw this on Boing Boing, and use flickr a lot lately. I just saw one of these on some flowers in our yard a few weeks ago! I live in Saint Albans, Vermont. I have never seen one before that and was intrigued. At first I thought it was a hummingbird, but it was too small. I figured it was some type of moth, but forgot about it and never investigated it.....
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

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