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Old 06-18-2016, 05:25 PM   #1
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Found in our backyard today, never seen anything like it:

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I’m always amazed these sportscasters and announcers can call the game with McDavid’s **** in their mouths all the time.
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Clearwing hummingbird moth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemaris_thysbe
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It kind of looks like a hawk moth. There are hundreds of variations and phenotypes so they can vary quite a bit in appearance.

edit: never mind, I was wrong.
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Have you really never seen anything like it? It's clearly a moth.
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Have you really never seen anything like it? It's clearly a moth.
I might have spent too much time in my parents' basement, a poll might sort that out.
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Looks like its colouring is for mimicking a wasp or bee for protection. Hover flies and some other insects have similar characteristics.
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It kind of looks like a hawk moth. There are hundreds of variations and phenotypes so they can vary quite a bit in appearance.

edit: never mind, I was wrong.

Not entirely. The Wikipedia entry says that it belongs to the hawkmoth family Sphingidae.
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Have you really never seen anything like it? It's clearly a moth.
Doesn't look like any moth I've seen before. More like some sort of bee moth
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Bump.

Was just in the backyard and came across hundreds of little red beetle looking things. There are bigger ones as well, which have black on them, the bigger they are the more black coloring they have and less red.
What are they and should I kill them with fire?

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Was just in the backyard and came across hundreds of little red beetle looking things. There are bigger ones as well, which have black on them, the bigger they are the more black they are.
What are they and should I kill them with fire?
Do you have lillies planted ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_lily_beetle
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Bump.

Was just in the backyard and came across hundreds of little red beetle looking things. There are bigger ones as well, which have black on them, the bigger they are the more black they are.
What are they and should I kill them with fire?
Phrasing.
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Dammit....fixed. lol
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No lillies anywhere nearby. They also dont look quite like that.
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Was just in the backyard and came across hundreds of little red beetle looking things. There are bigger ones as well, which have black on them, the bigger they are the more black coloring they have and less red.
What are they and should I kill them with fire?
I bet they're box-elder bugs. Have you got an elder, maple, or ash? We've got a maple in our front yard, and on warm days, a huge mass of them will come out and sun themselves on the south-and west-facing concrete. They're bright red when they're young, then turn dark with red chevrons as they age.
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