It's BACK!!!!

Fantastic! So happy for you!
So interesting to look at!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Wow I don’t think I have ever seen one of those.Is it as big as a hummer?Awesome moth.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

They are a blast.
Around here, we seem to have more of them then the real hummers. At a glance, they look like the bird, so you have to look closely to see just what it is.

That is a great picture!!!

-- Earth laughs in flowers - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wow!

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Wow, that is sure a pretty thing!!! Actually quite amazing …

Although the old moth story my grandma used to tell me is going through my head … you know where if they get in the house how they will put holes in your clothes … and looking at this moth, I’m imaging my grandma’s face (pretty funny in my mind!!) some mighty big holes in the clothes … hahaha!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

haha yes, they can be quite big. Last year’s was .. hmm.. I’m so bad with measurements.. maybe 2 1/2 inches long??
This one was about an inch and a half I’d say.. there abouts.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

beautiful reminds me of a humming bird/lobster/moth cross :s

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

I trap bugs and I have never seen one of those before….I can’t wait to show the crew this tommorrow.

pretty impressive creature; that’s for sure.
Definitely a highlight of my summers :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Really neat! I think that I remember seeing the carcass of one, didn’t know what it was at the time but I expect that this is what it was. Would love to see one alive and well. God surely has created some interesting creatures for us to enjoy!!

-- Dahlitsa

I have never heard of these and I looked it up in my nature book and they haven’t either. I have a friend who is into bugs , etc; I can’t wait to tell her about it. thanks for sharing.

-- horsetail, Fergus, Ontario

I was as surprised as you, last year when I first saw it—a flying crayfish :) or is it a hummingbird .. or or or

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I love the shot of the moth. She is a beauty ! I haven’t seen any of the big ones here yet this year. I love it when they come to pollinate the brugmansia.

-- jroot

thanks J.
(Hope you are feeling better today)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)