exploring our amazing natural spaces

It’s a bird it’s a plane

 

No but it is a sphinx hummingmoth. From a distance it looks just like a hummingbirid.  I happened to spot this one hovering over the lilac bushes in our backyard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingidae

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This entry was posted on May 19, 2012 by . It was filed under Outdoor Minnesota Spring .

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