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[David Bell]

Sure sounds like the Nessus Sphinx moth. The two yellow bands around the
abdomen is a give away as well as the hummingbird like behaviour
David B.

<Llb163 at cs.com> wrote in message news:d3.15ca98bd.284eba11 at cs.com...
> I hope I am reaching the right people to help me identify what I believe
to
> be a member of the moth family, that I have never seen before.
> My husband and I were sitting on our front porch when this bug, for lack
of a
> better term came buzzing around the flowers in our flower bed. It looked
like
> a miniature humming bird/hornet/moth. It was sucking the nectar from the
> plants like a humming bird, it had two yellow circular stripes at the end
of
> its body, and when it finally landed, its wings had some color to them,
and
> were shaped like a moths or small butterfly wings.
> Can you tell me what it is?  I am very curious. I've never seen one around
> these parts before. We live just north of Cincinnati, Ohio.
> Thank You For Your Help.
> The Bishops
>
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