White-lined Sphinx Moth - from my backyard

Eric

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I'm used to hummingbirds but letting the dogs out one early morning before the sun came up I caught a silhouette of this thing flying around, was quick and sounded just like a hummingbird but was noticeably smaller. So I grabbed my camera, made some quick adjustments (as it was almost pitch dark) and snapped some shots. This is noisy and not a quality I would normally ever share but it was so unique that I wanted to post it up. A quick Google search gave me the species and some info.

Forgive the color noise, the fact that I was even able to pull anything out as it came out of the camera nearly black is a testament to how well the Sony AR7III deals with low light situations.

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we have these here too (I call them hummingbird moths) but they are boring brown. you get so many more colorful variations out there!
 

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I'm used to hummingbirds but letting the dogs out one early morning before the sun came up I caught a silhouette of this thing flying around, was quick and sounded just like a hummingbird but was noticeably smaller. So I grabbed my camera, made some quick adjustments (as it was almost pitch dark) and snapped some shots. This is noisy and not a quality I would normally ever share but it was so unique that I wanted to post it up. A quick Google search gave me the species and some info.

Forgive the color noise, the fact that I was even able to pull anything out as it came out of the camera nearly black is a testament to how well the Sony AR7III deals with low light situations.

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Whoa! Nice snag. And what a beautiful moth!
 
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