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Hummingbird Moth (lemmy.world)
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My wife caught a video of this guy in our yard, I hadn’t seen one before, quite cool!

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[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Can't believe they exist. Absolutely amazing

[–] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

I saw my first ever this year in Germany. They are amazing!

[–] giminic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Fascinating creatures. In Germany they are called "Taubenschwänzchen". When I visited my Brother in southern Germany some years ago, he had a tree full of them next to the balcony. I was mesmerized.